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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 656-679 Subject Rites and Ceremonies

1. Add Or 658

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 658
Title:
Marriage customs.
Scope & Content:
Marriage customs. Inscribed: ‘High Caste Natives. Friends bringing Presents to a Newly Married Pair.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 673

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 673
Title:
Religious edifice on raft during a festival, probably at Trichinopoly.
Scope & Content:
Religious edifice on raft during a festival, probably at Trichinopoly. Inscribed: ‘A Tank connected with a Temple, on which are Two Floats carrying a mimmic Temple & Choultry.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 677

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 677
Title:
Image of Visnu being carried in procession.
Scope & Content:
Image of Vishnu being carried in procession. Inscribed: ‘Image of Streerangam being carried in Procession to the Temple. A strikingly correct representation. Mark the difference in the appearance and dress of the various parties of the Group. 1. The Brahmin. 2. Bearers. 3. Singers. 4. Dah...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 678

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 678
Title:
Muharram Festival.
Scope & Content:
Muharram Festival. Inscribed: ‘A Mohammedan Procession commemorative (as far as I can judge) of some event connected with the Subjugation of the Natives of India who are represented in a ridiculous and degrading light, & bound together with Chains. The Man on the Camel & the [ones] dre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 679

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 679
Title:
Hook-swinging festival (Charak Puja).
Scope & Content:
Hook-swinging Festival ‘(Charak Puja).’ Inscribed: ‘Churnick Poojah or Swinging Festival. Requires to be surounded with a dense crowd of delighted spectators to give anything like an idea of the reality, but still strikingly correct so far as it is given.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

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