Bangladesh · Dhaka / Undated type or practice · no individual specimen
Painted rickshaws of Dhaka
A moving surface, a working body
UNESCO records both rickshaws and their painting as a living practice in Dhaka. The painted back is an image encountered in motion, attached to someone’s working vehicle. A gallery can easily isolate the picture and lose the labour of driving, building and maintenance. Read the vehicle alongside the Flying Pigeon: mobility includes bodily effort and access to streets, as well as design. The heritage record supports a connection between craft and transport; it does not establish the earnings, political views or working conditions of a particular driver.
- Date
- Undated type or practice · no individual specimen
- Maker / designer
- Dhaka rickshaw builders and painters
- Material
- Vehicle bodies and painted panels
- Context
- A comparative record of work and shared life. Inclusion does not assign a socialist identity to its makers.
Evidence: Date not established · Place recorded at country level
Historical record
- UNESCO · Rickshaws and rickshaw painting in Dhaka · 01589
- This is a type or practice record, not a provenance for a particular household object.