Folk Art of Bengal

Contents:  1. Context: Folk culture. 2. Folk art in the backdrop of folklore. 3. The role of folk art. 4. Folk culture of Bengal. 5. Theories of folk art.  6. Geography of Bengal: Hints on secular character. 7. Characteristics of art of Bengal. 8. Bengalee: ethnological identity and the clan of artist.  9. Doll. 10. Dolls of Bengal. 11. Earthen doll. 12. Art of terracotta. 13. Hanri/Urn-shaped earthen pot. 14. Ghot/Water-pot. 15. Shara/Earthen lid. 16. Baisna/Seat type. 17. Tulasi-Mancha or Terracotta pulpit for the holy basil. 18. Pat painting or picture on canvas. 19. Kosthi Patra or Astrological chart. 20. Punthi Chitra or drawings in manuscript.  21. Pata-Chitra or painted wooden book cover. 22. Dasavatar tash and Nakshi tash or cards of ten incarnations and designed cards. 23. Alpana. 24. Alpana on the wall. 25. Masks. 26. Wooden and carpentry art. 27. Naval art/architecture. 28. The door-panel and the jamb. 29. Wooden throne. 30. Couch and bedstead. 31. Chariot. 32. Hatisunro or trunk of elephant. 33. Jala-Tungi (lake dwelling or water palace). 34. Brisha Kastha or wooden stake for typing the bull. 35. Palki or Palanquin. 36. Cottage architecture. 37. Textile art and industry. 38. Sewing art or Kashida. 39. Kantha, Nakshi Kantha or patched cloth (rag). 40. Hand-fan with designs or Nakshi Pakha. 41. Drawings of hanging rope-shelf (loop of strings) or Shika.  42. Mat art or mattress/Industry. 43. Sheetal Pati or cool matrat. 44. Hogla art. 45. Shola art (cork)(Sponge-wood). 46. Dokra (Metalware). 47. Conch-shell art or Shankha Industry. 48. Ornaments. 49. Art on Ivory. 50. Basketry. 51. Casting matrix or mould. 52. Printed drawings on garment. 53. Gahana Bodi or ornamental design of pasted-pulse. 54. Gadgets for fishing. 55. The background of age: dynamism of folk art. 56. Theory of profitability in quest of clue. Index. Bibliography. Journals.