Image
Description
Maker
- Jyoti Bhatt, b. 1934, Indian
Title
Haryana Women Making “Sanjhi” at Craft Village, New Delhi
Year
1977
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
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Sheet: 25.1 x 35.6 cm (9 7/8 x 14 inches)
Type
Credit
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Walter H. Kimball Fund
Object Number
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2018.21.2
About
This photograph documents a moment in Sanjhi Puja, a 10-day festival for unmarried girls in northern India. Women and girls mold decorative shapes such as stars, moon, suns, and flowers from cow dung or mud and apply them to a wall in the form of Sanjhi, the mother goddess. Fearing longstanding folk traditions and customs would be lost in the rapid urbanization of India, Jyoti Bhatt devoted 25 years to photographing these makers and their art.
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Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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