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• Title:Gifts of earth : terracottas & clay sculptures of India / text and photographs by Stephen P. Huyler.
  
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• Author/Creator:Huyler, Stephen P., 1951-
  
• Published/Created:New Delhi : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts ; Middletown, NJ : Grantha Corp., ©1996.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NK4151 .H89 1996
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Pottery, Indic.
  Pottery--20th century--India.
  Terra-cotta sculpture, Indic.
  
• Description:231 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-221).
  
• ISBN:0944142486 (Grantha)
  8185822093 (Mapin)
  
• Contents:Prologue - Mitti: Mud, Sacred and Mundane
  1. Kumbhara: Makers of Pots
  Indian Potters: Social Structure, Living Conditions, Production Techniques, and Merchandising
  2. Prajapati: Potters Descended from a God
  Indian Potters and Pots: Sacred and Ritual Roles
  3. Puja: Terracottas Used in Worship
  Hinduism and Gift-giving: Temple, Shrine and Household
  4. Mitti Ke Dan: Gifts of Earth
  Votive Terracottas: Examples from Twelve Indian States
  5. Tamil Nadu: Guardians of Boundaries
  Case Study: Production and Use of Terracotta Horses given to the God Ayyanar
  6. Uttar Pradesh: Gifts of Elephants
  Case Study: Production and Use of Terracotta Elephants Given to Goddess Kali-ma
  7. Orissa: Temples for Tulasi
  Case Study: Production and Use of Terracotta Planters for Sacred Herbs to Honour the Goddess Tulasi.