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[Photograph 2012.201.B1436.0128]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Two sacred cows (upper) walk past a line of shops that are doing little or no business because of the scarcity of wares in this poorer section of Calcutta."
Date: October 21, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chakra panel

Chakra (hanging panel for a shrine or altar in homes) with Kutch embroidery. Square panel with radial, square design balanced from center. Center panel is nine squares bordered in geometric embroidery, with each square containing nine mica mirrors attached with buttonhole stitches around edges. Center panel surrounded by border with linear pattern, then border with double helix pattern, then wider band with floral motifs with mica mirrors at center. Outside that band is another border of double helix pattern, a wider band of roundels with sun pattern and mica mirrors at center, and outside border of double helix. Back lined in undyed muslin, with many stitches showing through.
Date: 1940/1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library