Anthoropological gallery-Indian Museum-Calcutta

Guide book of Anthropological gallery, Indian Museum, Calcutta [Kolkata]. The essays of this book covers all aspects which were displayed in Anthropological Gallery during 1959. Custodial history: Shyamal Bera, M.A., Ph.D., live in Howrah district of West Bengal, is a private collector of endangered manuscripts, teracotta objects, Pat (Scroll paintings), folk songs and folk dramas etc of Bengal. By profession he is a school teacher(retired). He is founder secretory of Kolaghat Loksanskriti Gabeshana Kendra o Sangrahashala (Kolaghat Folk Culture Research Centre and Museum) and Dwija Harideva Sangrahashala o Gabeshana Kendra (Dwija Harideva Museum and Research Centre). He is running a Little Magazine on Folk Culture 'Samikshapatra Lokayat' since 2003. He has done many survey project on verious genre, mostly on Folk culture of rural Bengal. Present scanned collections (books, manuscripts and periodicals) have been collected by Shyamal Bera himself. He has generously allowed the archive team to get access to this material for digitization and as per the copyright rules and regulations. Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising the importance of copying the collection applied for a grant to the EAP against which EAP921 has been awarded. Calendar: Common Calendar. Extent and format of original material: One bound volume of printed periodicals. Physical characteristics: Very brittle, worm eaten. The original volume with length of 21 cm. Owner(s) of original material: Dr. Shyamal Bera. Publisher of original material: Calcutta [Kolkata]: Trustees of the Indian Museum. Editor of original material: Officers of the department of Anthropology, Govt. Of India, Indian Museum.