treasure hunt 1 - dr. bhau daji lad museum
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TREASUREHUNT
Find the objects usingthe clues on BDL Museum's
Google Arts and Culture page.https://bit.ly/3fbGuMEhttps://bit.ly/3fbGuMECLICK HERE
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Oh! Bright and illuminatingSuch is the nature of mine
Of Bison or Buffalo, I was made to look so fine
What am I?
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Celebrated and revered for our love and bond evermoreWe are one of the most famous couples in Indian lore
Made from a material found in the wild,Hard to find anymore its kind
What am I?
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I come in different shapes and sizes, And was made to cater to every taste.I am beautiful and delicate, And made with no haste.
My motifs are varied and different, And was one of the reasons for my greatest demand in the East and the West.
I was very popular and known by two names, Both of which refer to the place where I was made.
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I helped travelers and explorers find new grounds
Created by a writer employed by the largest 18th century worldwide corporation around
Walk with me and I will show you every street of a historic town!
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You have travelled back to the 19th century!
I can help you traverse the miles
Just spare a few annas, and you will be fine.
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I am made from a metal dearer than steel, but less precious than gold
I am used to hold something sweet or sour, That which blooms from a flower
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In which court of law can you find all these characters?
Painted by a renowned Indian artist famous for his depictions of people
You can find this mural in the Secretariat at New Delhi
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I help keep warm in the coldOr even accessorise your abode
Flora and fauna you’ll find on meThrough skillful and abstract symmetry
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Decked in riches to show my supremacy
An Empress like me takes a seat
For a likeness which is truly a treat
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Indegenous to MumbaiI mostly live by the bay
Fresh or dried,My haul is best served fried
For a rainy day, it is set aside
Who am I? What am I doing?
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Utilitarian and decorative,I control fire literally and figuratively
The darkness I illuminateI was made when two metals cumulate
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An ambitious monarch once gave attentionTo a Great Exhibition
The Government of Bombay’s precisionWas honoured for a popular submission
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I am both heat and lightConsidered the world’s greatest might
A great warrior am INo one dares to look in my eye
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Enabling trade between one land and another I am a vessel like no other
I am a reproductionOf beautiful skill and construction
Who am I?
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https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/embroidered-textile-from-sindh-cotton/yAFic7j8uc-gTA
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/ugENj3md9BUnqA
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/TwHBtxKtyLXoQA
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/GwFz_b6eXtEwZA
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/lAFrDpUcer0zcQ
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/iwEB7R7AuZT8NA
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/pgHAzAj7XVYK0A
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/jodhabai/QQHLxrR1B6hUvQ
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/0QGmIaPjAVdgAQ
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/qgEiVGeaJsXJww
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/a-figure-of-surya-or-sun/BwH61T35OVS_PA
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/PwFR2UjZnqV_Bw
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/LwF-xIBGn2woHwhttps://artsandculture.google.com/asset/_/LwF-xIBGn2woHw
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/palanquin-bearers-of-old-bombay/MwHfNPcQCmEmuQ
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ANSWERS
1. Lampstand, Bison Horn
2. Ivory figure of Radha Krishna, Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram)
3. Glazed jar with peacock motif, Bombay School Pottery
4. Grose's Plan of Bombay, 1750
5. Clay model of palanquin bearers of Old Bombay
6. Silver fruit container, South India
7. Court Scene, watercolour by M.V.Dhurandhar, 1928
8. Embroidered Textile from Sindh, Cotton instead of Chaddar, Sindh
9. Miniature painting on Ivory of Jodhabai, Delhi.
10. Clay model of a fisherwoman drying fish
11. Dragon Lampstand, brass, Nepal
12. Obverse image showing Napoleon on Exposition Universelle de 1867 a Paris (Medal given at the Universal Exhibition at Paris, 1867)
13. Clay model of Surya
14. Model of S. S. Siam, Mumbai