Context (Collection history)
Purchased by Bhalu Monde, 2011
Event Date 14/12/2016
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Description)
Bell metal statuette of the Rat God. Made by the father of Rajendra Baghel Snr.

Event Date 14/12/2016
Author: Rachel Hand

Event (Collection history)
Given to John Doubleday, 2015
Event Date 15/12/2016
Author: Mark Elliott

Description (Display)
'Another India: Explorations and Expressions of Indigenous South Asia' 07/03/2017 - 22/04/2018 MAA exhibition label text reads:

Humans, animals & gods

The objects in this case present the variety of metal
sculptures that do not immediately appear to fit in
to conventions of Hindu or Buddhist iconography. Several are profoundly ambiguous, with a mixture of styles, or have been so worn by weathering or handling that they are unreadable.

15. Rat god

This rodent playing a trumpet was described by the grandson of its maker as the ‘rat god’ and therefore ‘lucky’. It sat unsold in the studio for decades before being purchased in 2011.

Studio of Rajendra Baghel, 1960 Ghassia. Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh Donated by Bhalu Mondhe 2016.209

Event Date 22/3/2017
Author: Remke Velden

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2017.2 | Another India: Explorations and Expressions of Indigenous South Asia
Event Date 8/3/2017
Author: Remke Velden