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"Ra-Tha" Seal of Rabindranath Tagore

A wooden personal seal made with Tagore's initials, used to mark his belongings or documents.

This wooden seal, carrying his initials, was Tagore's own personal mark of identity and ownership.

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Black and white stylized design of a curved, boomerang-like shape with a bold outline and an inner swirl and nested curved forms. It sits on a grey background, with small handwritten characters in the bottom right corner.
"Ra-Tha" wooden seal belonging to Rabindranath Tagore.

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What it is

This is a wooden seal bearing the initials "Ra-Tha," made for and owned by Rabindranath Tagore.

Why it matters

Personal seals were used to mark ownership or authenticate documents. This seal shows Tagore's attention to design even in small personal objects, reflecting the artistic sensibility that ran through his writing, music and visual art.

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  • What do the curved, swirling shapes of the seal suggest about Tagore's taste in design?
  • Why might someone create a personalized seal rather than just signing their name?
  • What might this object have been used to stamp or mark?

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Title page of the book Gitanjali (Song Offerings) by Rabindranath Tagore, a collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali, with an introduction by W. B. Yeats, published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1913.Book

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Song Offerings

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Black and white photograph of Rabindranath Tagore leaving a building, Sigtuna, May 1921.Photograph

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Bertil Waldén · May 1921

Title page of Gitanjali (Song Offerings) by Rabindranath Tagore, a collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali, with an introduction by W. B. Yeats. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1913.Book

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Rabindranath Tagore · 1910

Black and white photograph of Rabindranath Tagore standing with K.B. Westman and M. Björkqvist, Sigtuna, May 1921.Photograph

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Bertil Waldén · May 1921

Piano sheet music score titled 'Jana Gana Mana' by Rabindranath Tagore, in D minor/F major key with 4/4 time, tempo 96, two staves (treble clef) with dynamics like f, p, ff and a fermata at the end.Document

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Jana Gana Mana

Rabindranath Tagore · 11 December 1911

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