Observe the image and answer the following question.
Ramkinker Baij’s Santhal Family, is made mainly of which material?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Cement mixed with pebbles
Ramkinker Baij made Santhal Family out of a metal armature and cement mixed with pebbles. He avoided traditional media like marble, wood or stone and chose cement, the symbol of modernisation. Bronze is the medium of D. P. Roy Chowdhury’s Triumph of Labour and Amarnath Sahgal’s Cries Un-heard.
NCERT (2026-27): “Santhal Family This is an open air large-scale sculpture created by Ramkinker Baij in 1937. It is made out of metal armature and cement mixed with pebbles, and placed in the compound of Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan, India’s first national art school. … The material of which it is made of is important. The artist has avoided traditional medium like marble, wood or stone, and has preferred cement, the symbol of modernisation.”
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