Figure Item Number: 2878/43 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Small, carved, painted wooden figure, flat across the base and back, with a large head and short body. The face of the figure is painted yellow with two large white eyes with black pupils outlined in red and an intricate set of black eyebrows, one over each eye, with two horizontal lines and several angled lines coming off of the top line. The figure also has a bindi, which is red and yellow and a black nose with seven lines drawn towards the mouth. The body is black with orange and yellow vertical stripes down the centre. The top of the head is white and there is a black, red and yellow outline around the edge and a round red, yellow and black design with three black lines protruding from it in the centre.

Narrative

This figure represents Subhadra (sister of Jagannath and Balabhadra).