{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"5156"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Museum Purchase Fund"},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"62.3361"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Beginning at the top, the scroll depicts scenes of:1. Manasa, the snake goddess flanked by a man and a woman; 2. a depiction of the Jagannath (Krishna) with blue face, in the center Subhadra, his sister, and on the right his brother Balarama with white face, flanked by the monkey god Hanuman on the right and Garuda on the left3. The cows that grant wishes4. A scene from the Santal creation myth showing the first human beings born from the eggs of the geese Has and Hasil, along with the marine creatures and worm that created the earth5. The seven sons of Pilchu Haram; Pilchu Haram and his wife Pilchu Burhi in the woods finding the herbs and bark from which to make fermented boiled rice; the seven daughters of Pilchu Burhi6. Three festive scenes, including musicians and the making of rice beer7. The marriage of the rich merchant Cando\u2019s son Lakhindar and his bride Behula. 8. Because Cando refused to worship Manasa, the snake goddess,she poisoned six of his sons with snake venom. On Lakhindar's wedding night she sends four serpents to kill Lakhindar. Behula prevents three of them from hurting her husband but she falls asleep and the fourth serpent kills Lakhindar. Behula takes her husband\u2019s corpse on a raft down the river to the realm of the gods encountering various perils along the way.She meets Neto, washerman to the gods and assists him with the laundry. 9. Depiction of the gods, who are pleased with Behula\u2019s washing of their clothes, and they command Manasa to extract the snake venom from Lakhindar\u2019s corpse, bringing him back to life.  Behula is grateful and promises to convert Cando.10. After Cando\u2019s conversion, Manasa restores the lives of all of Cando\u2019s sons.11. Depiction of the Jagannath trio12. Added scene on paper bag of unidentified subject, perhaps a self-portrait of the artist/story performer?"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Ink and colors on paper, mounted on newspaper and paper bag"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":"62.3361_Disc4093_80965022"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"The Santal creation myth and the story of the snake goddess Manasa"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Paintings"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker / Culture","value":"Unidentified artist"},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/70904/full"},"culture":{"label":"Culture","value":"India, Bengal, Santal communities"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"early 20th century"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"192840"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"65 × 8 1/8 inches (165.1 × 20.6 cm)"}}]}