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You are welcome Ana and anyone else (Pat) who is reading this thread

Dave
 
Hi,

I didn't want to get to the release of the new State Elephant of Maler Kotla without posting photos of the process before. Here are a few:

the howda from scratch

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the maharaja
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the back seat occupants
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the whole howda
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the elephant
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the elephant's clothes
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the head
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the mahout
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It will be ready pretty soon. Probably by the end of next week :)

Ana
 
FINALLY! the new elephant is ready. I absolutely LOVE it. Hope you too :)

Set 484 - State Elephant of Maler Kotla, Delhi Durbar, 1903


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Set 485 - Escort Guards from Maler Kotla, group A, Delhi Durbar, 1903

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Set 486 - Escort Guards from Maler Kotla, group B, Delhi Durbar, 1903

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Set 487 - Musicians and Servants from Maler Kotla, Delhi Durbar, 1903

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Set 488 Mace and Spear Bearers from Maler Kotla, Delhi Durbar, 1903

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Set 489 - Parasol and Emblem Carriers from Maler Kotla, Delhi Durbar, 1903
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The whole Maler Kotla group

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Be well!!!

Ana
 
Hi guys! Deciding about the new elephant for March/April 2021. Here are the options. I will decide myself, but I'd love to hear your comments :)


The State Elephant of Dewas Junior. Behind Dewas Senior and Alwar. Beside Tonk. In front of Samthar and Sirohi. The guys standing on the sides are always an appeal to me.
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The State Elephant of Rampur. Behind Hill Tippera and Jind, beside Kapurthala and in front of Benares and Sirmur. One of my favorites: look at that elephant clothes pattern!!!
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The State Elephant of Hill Tippera. Behind Cooch Behar and Nabha, beside Jind, in front of Rampur and Kapurthala. The other favorite: that pole hanging at the side of the howda is a ladder. Such a beautiful design! And the howda is exquisite.
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The State Elephant of Cooch Behar. Behind Sikkim and Bahawalpur, beside Nabha and in front of Hill Tippera and Jind. I love the maharaja character in this one. He is always in a good mood :)
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I will be deciding this month. they are all close to each other, and I will end up making them all. It's just the order that I have to decide.

I hope you like the choices,

Ana
 
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Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to send my best wishes for the Holiday Season, in such a special year. Take care you all :)

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Ana
 
Hello everyone,

I fully apologize for this absence. I have been so busy with the painting, sculpting and a couple of special projects that are taking me a lot of time. Sorry again.

I don't have any more newspaper articles to post. The remaining ones are repetitions of articles and images posted by other newspapers so there's no point on showing the same.

I should have announced my decision about the new elephant since I have been working on it for several weeks now. It will be the State Elephant of Hill Tippera. It is stunningly beautiful and will make a great addition to the Delhi Durbar line.
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I also wanted to show you a few images. I've been buying a few stereoviews through ebay and I took some photos of them to share with you. I had already seen them all, and I had the digital images of all of them, shared from a stereos collector very good friend. But I got the chance to buy them for myself so I went ahead. They are not expensive, they go from $6 to $8 each. You can even get a bargain for $20 for 4 stereoviews. Great.
Here they are:

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Main Procession: Samthar elephant, followed by Charkkhari and Rajgharh.

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Main Procession again, at the end of Chandni Chawk you can see Dewas Senior and Alwar in front.

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Same spot, the Duke's elephant

More in the next post.
 
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The end of the Main Procession from behind, turning from Khas road.

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A view from the Review

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Two elephants posing. Sorry for the light in the middle of the image. The stereos are curved, so it was not easy to take photos of them.

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Two details of the same stereoview. Look at the amazing detail of the decoration on the elephants' heads, the intricate detail of the ears. Exquisite. I loved this one :)

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I'll be in touch soon with pictures of the making process of the new elephant.

Stay safe,

Ana
 

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