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‘Chuprassee, or Messenger’, terracotta figurine, India, 1880 (c)
statuette, statuette
Accession Number

NAM.1990-03-37-2

Description

‘Chuprassee, or Messenger’, terracotta figurine, India, 1880 (c) Figurine, chaprasi, 1880 (c). From a set of nine standing and three seated figurines of Indian tradesmen and tradeswomen, 1880 (c). Terracotta, painted and glazed, wearing material clothes. Made in India. Chaprassie

Units

Civilian, India

People

Unknown

Associated collection
Close, C F
Maung Pe
Burrard, Gertrude Ellen
Maung Pe, a chaprassee (messenger) in the Triangulation Survey Party, brought from Burma by Capt C F Close RE, 1892
Width: 591 mm
Depth: 67 mm
Text: 746 mm
Text: 460 mm
Part 1: 606 mm
Sir Sidney Gerald, 7th Baronet BURRARD , (1860-1943)
Singh, Gunga
Burrard, Gertrude Ellen
Gunga, a Hindu from Oudh and a chaprassee (messenger) of No. 22 Astronomical Survey Party of which Capt S G Burrard was in charge, 1894
Width: 59.7 cm
Text: 75.6 cm
Text: 44.2 cm
Part 1: 59.3 cm
Singh, Ganda
Wilmer
Burrard, Gertrude Ellen
Ganda Singh, a Sikh chaprassee [sic] of Col Wilmer’s topographical No. 14 survey party, 1894
Width: 657 mm
Depth: 68 mm
Text: 824 mm
Text: 468 mm
Part 1: 626 mm
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