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One sheet original vintage travel poster promoting India, titled "Manipuri Dancer," printed circa 1959.
Artwork Overview
• Artist / Publisher: Printed by the Glasgow Printing Co Private Ltd. in New Delhi, India.
• Cultural Context: The poster highlights Manipuri dance, one of the major classical dance forms of India originating from the northeastern state of Manipur.
• Visual Composition: It features a female dancer mid-movement wearing a traditional stiff, cylinder-shaped skirt called a kumil (or potloi), adorned with delicate gold work and a translucent upper veil. Next to her are two male musicians clad in traditional white garments and turbans, one playing a stringed instrument (resembling a pena) and the other beating a traditional drum (pung). |
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