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A Bauluk. - A man in a turban holding a stick

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Colored etching of barefoot Bengali dancing boy with painted face dressed as Krishna. Inscription below figure reads "a Bauluk". Boy’s costume includes bird headdress, blue cape, necklace, and exotic ear decorations. He holds a wand. Representative image of a dancer at feast of Jhulan Yatra. From Solvyns’s Collection of two hundred and fifty coloured etchings, sec. 3, pl. 5.

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history of medicine prints dancing boys etchings of dance manners customs and dresses of the hindoos national library of medicine india bengal
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1600 - 1800
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National Library of Medicine
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label_outline Explore Manners Customs And Dresses Of The Hindoos, National Library Of Medicine, Bengal

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history of medicine prints dancing boys etchings of dance manners customs and dresses of the hindoos national library of medicine india bengal