Women Making Paratha and Smoking Hookah, Antique North Indian Watercolor/Gouache sayward which looks fairly easily removed

which looks fairly easily removed should one desire

but I'd lay them on the table or throw them in a bowl never to put them away anyway

I love how the faces are represented both frontally and in profile

It was found in Pennsylvania

They also make me think of the marvelous sign language paintings of Martin Wong (if you’re not familiar

Women Making Paratha and Smoking Hookah, Antique North Indian Watercolor/Gouache sayward which looks fairly easily removedIt can be easy to stay in bubble of looking just at American, or Western, antiques and folk art, but why would one want to do that when there is so much that is amazing out there?! This painting is Indian and, though not my expertise, would I believe be referred to as a Pahari painting, c. earlyish 20th century I believe. Watercolor gouache on good weight paper, with hand written text on reverse. I of course love that it is all about women in one