Nata Ragina: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes). Artist: Mohamed (active early 18th century). Culture: India (Rajasthan, Bikaner). Dimensions: 6 x 4 3/4 in. (15.2 x 12.1 cm). Date: 1714.Within the ragamala tradition the association of music, text, and image is not always obvious. In this instance, in accord with visualizing music in a heroic mode, a male figure is described in the text as "gripping his sword as he moves about the field of battle." Yet this text also refers to a ragini, making the musical mode feminine, and hence the protagonist should presumably be a woman. While there are examples of this scene with a woman dressed as a warrior, more often, as we see here, it is a male figure. Such contradictions are common within the ragamala genre. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Nata Ragina: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes). Artist: Mohamed (active early 18th century). Culture: India (Rajasthan, Bikaner). Dimensions: 6 x 4 3/4 in. (15.2 x 12.1 cm). Date: 1714.Within the ragamala tradition the association of music, text, and image is not always obvious. In this instance, in accord with visualizing music in a heroic mode, a male figure is described in the text as "gripping his sword as he moves about the field of battle." Yet this text also refers to a ragini, making the musical mode feminine, and hence the protagonist should presumably be a woman. While there are examples of this scene with a woman dressed as a warrior, more often, as we see here, it is a male figure. Such contradictions are common within the ragamala genre. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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