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Animals and Birds of Hindustan: Squirrels and Peacock, from the Baburnama (Book of Babur)
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Mughal)
opaque watercolor and ink on re-margined paper
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts, India, Nepal, and Tibet)
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts, India, Nepal, and Tibet)
This folio from Walters manuscript W.596 depicts animals of Hindustan: monkeys, rodents and a peacock.
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
India (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 1/4 in. (32 x 21 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.596.26B
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