Cotton weavers of south India

Title
Cotton weavers of south India
Year/Period
19th century
Region
Tanjore, South India
Material
Paper
Technique
Watercolour on paper
Dimension
Object size: W : 48cm x H : 27cm
Accession No.
2000-05604
Collection of
Asian Civilisations Museum

Here we see a painting of a family of weavers from Tanjore, south India. This painting style relates well with the album of professions and castes in the ACM's collection. The figures of the women and men seen individually evoke stylistic similarity with the potter and dhobi paintings discussed in this catalogue.

 

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