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N. Sivappa Album Cover with Shiva as the Destroyer of the Tree Cities of the Demon (Tripurantaka) India, Karanataka, Mysore, Sagar, c. 1875-1900 Sandalwood with silver fittings

"This exquisitely carved sandelwood album cover was probably made for an illustrated manuscript of a Hindu religious text. The album cover epitomizes the sophisticated sandelwood carving produced by the renowned families artists working in the Mysore region of southern India, which was regarded by contemporary art historians and critics as the finest wood carving in all of India. The primary panel of the intricately carved front cover depicts the Hindu god Shiva in his major iconic form of Tripurantaka, the Destroyer of the Three Cities of the Demons. The surrounding regeisters and the cover's spine are also deeply carved with additional Hindu mythological figures, animals, and foliate designs."
Date 11 March 2007, 18:33:49
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Camera manufacturer NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model NIKON D70
Exposure time 1/25 sec (0.04)
F-number f/4.5
Date and time of data generation 18:33, 11 March 2007
Lens focal length 18 mm
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
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File change date and time 18:33, 11 March 2007
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Digital zoom ratio 1
Focal length in 35 mm film 27 mm
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Saturation Normal
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Exif version 2.2
Date and time of digitizing 18:33, 11 March 2007
Image compression mode 4
Maximum land aperture 3.6 APEX (f/3.48)
Metering mode Centre weighted average
Light source Tungsten (incandescent light)
Flash Flash did not fire
DateTime subseconds 90
DateTimeOriginal subseconds 90
DateTimeDigitized subseconds 90
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