Framed painting entitled 'Old Man playing the Morinhur'. The old man is in traditional dress; brown robe with blue lining, black and red pointed hat with streamers, boots and long white beard. Seated in the open, playing an ornate morinhur. Around him sit four children: two boys and two girls, in modern dress; frocks, shirts, shorts. The grassy pasture has flowers and trees, with blue sky and clouds. Polychrome on a brown and blue cloth mount with circular motifs.
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