Under the latest and popular online series of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya entitled ‘object of the Week’, The ‘Parwa’ A leather bucket was dispalyed .
It is collected from Bhind, Madhya Pradesh. Displayed in the audience as the 1st Exhibit of the August 2020 through official website, Facebook, Instagram and twitter page of the IGRMS.
In this regard Praveen Kumar Mishra, Director, IGRMS said that due to spread of Covid-19 pandemic the museums throughout the world are closed but identifying different innovative ways to remain connected to their visitors.
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (National Museum of Mankind) has also taken up many new initiatives to face the challenges posed by this pandemic.
In one such step it is coming up with a new series entitled ‘Object of the Week’ to showcase its collection from all over India. Initially this series will focus on the masterpieces from its collection which are considered as unique for their contribution to the cultural history of a particular ethnic group or area. These masterpieces belong to the “AA” & “A” category. There are 64 objects in these categories.
‘Parwa’ is a leather bucket used to lift water from hand dug well or lined well for irrigation work. It is collected from Bhind, Madhya Pradesh. The device consists of a leather sheet shaped into a circular deep bucket, stitched to a raised iron hanger. The hanger is tied to a rope which passes over a pulley to lower the bucket into the well. After the bucket is filled the rope is pulled by hands. For large Parwa the rope is fixed to the yoke of bullocks to increase the leverage. The bullocks walk down on an earthen ramp to lift the water. The large buckets assist in drawing large quantity of water which is channelized through small, narrow drains towards the irrigation field.
Visitors can see this object from home through the Official site (https://igrms.com/wordpress/?page_id=683) andFacebook site (https://www.facebook.com/onlineIGRMS/), Instagram and twitter page of the IGRMS.