Gazi - Man on Tiger (Tactile)
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- Synopsis
- About 1800. Collected in Murshidabad District, painted in the Sunderbans (?), Bengal. Paint on paper. Size: 37 cm wide and 295 cm long. National Art Collections Fund (The Art Fund), museum number 1955. 10-8. 095. This is Gazi, or a Muslim holy man. He is remembered for taming the forces of nature when Muslims settled in the newly cleared eastern delta of the Ganges (the Sunderbans). He is shown mounted on a tiger and carrying a poisonous cobra for a staff. This symbolises his control of the jungle in the name of Islam. The image is from the magnificent Gazi Scroll which is more than 13 metres in length. It was used for storytelling. The colours on this scene are red, brown, black, blue, green and cream. The scroll has a decorated border which divides up the scroll into individual scenes. This scene has a border of intertwined flowers and foliage. The top and bottom of the next scene can be seen either side of this scene. The tiger, which is clearly a male, has a man on his back and are both drawn in side profile, facing the left-hand side of the image. The tiger is oversized in proportion to his rider and is shown walking with his right front leg out in front followed by the left front leg, then left rear leg, with the right rear leg at the back. The tiger has his head held proudly up, his mouth wide open to display his sharp pointed teeth, his tail lifted up and curled back over his body and his claws are spread out. The stripes and spots on the tiger are boldly drawn. The man, seated in the middle of the tiger's back on a cloth saddle, looks forward majestically over the tiger's head. He is dressed in a long patterned tunic with a decorated sash around his waist, trousers and heeled mules with turned up toes. He has a fabric turban on his head and has a curled moustache and close-cut beard. In his slightly raised right hand, he is holding a string of beads out in front of him. In his left hand, held near his waist, he is holding a live cobra. The cobra, its head near the head of the tiger, is stretched out along the length of the tiger's back and looks more like a rigid staff than a live snake. On the tactile image, the decorative border is shown by rough texture. The tiger is outlined with a thick line with thinner lines defining the stripes and spots. The tiger's teeth, eye and claws are shown as solid texture. The cobra, man's mules, turban, facial features and outline of cloth saddle are shown as solid texture. The sash and trousers are a rough texture with the tunic as a smoother texture. Braille labels: head of tiger, front right leg, back right leg, claws, mules, right hand, head of man, cobra and tail.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/22/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Chantelle Hughes
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.