Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Mark Elliott, Curator for Anthropology (Asia, Africa and Europe) on 27 September 2016. Acquired as part of the Art Fund's New Collecting Award to support MAA to build a collection of contemporary works by artists and makers from Indigenous communities in India. These acquisitions aim to unlock the potential of MAA's largely unrecognised collections from India, with new works forming the centrepiece of Another India, a major exhibition at MAA in 2017.

Event Date 21/12/2016
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Jadopatia scroll of 15 paper panels and plastic end panel, rolled on two bamboo rods. The panels are stitched together. Each watercolour panel depicts a scene in a story. Artist unknown.
Event Date 21/12/2016
Author: Remke Velden

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

Jadopatia: the Santal scroll

This scroll is 4.16 metres (13.6 feet) long. It would not normally be seen rolled out like this, but would be slowly unrolled, revealing each frame in sequence, as the painter sings the song that tells its story.

The story is a Santal one: the creation myth Karam Binti. But the painter of the scroll was not Santal. Jadopatia scrolls are painted and sung by members of a Bengali community, themselves known as Jadopatias, who live on the edges of Santal villages. As with much ‘Adivasi’ art, the scroll is made for Santals, rather than by Santals, but remains a potent expression of their identity and heritage.

Unknown artist
Jadopatia/Santal. West Bengal, around 2000 Purchased with Art Fund support
2016.215

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

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2018.4121 | Remedial
Event Date 18/5/2018
Author: Kirstie Williams

Description (Physical description)
Jadopatia scroll of 15 paper panel rolled on bamboo rod.
Event Date 31/5/2018
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Amendments / updates)
The record 2016.215 was split in three parts after the plastic wrapping element and top bamboo stave were separated from the scroll for conservation purposes. All relevant information was copied across.
Event Date 31/5/2018
Author: Remke Velden