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1. Add Or 54

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Add Or 54
Title:
Saiva and Vaisnava Brahmins with their wives
Scope & Content:
Shaiva and Vaishnava Brahmins with their wives. Inscribed: ‘‘Sheeva’ Bramin’;’ ‘Vishnoo’ Bramin’;’ Bramin ‘Sheeva’. Such as missionaries might call impracticables.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1828
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 184

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Add Or 184
Title:
Brahmin with brass vessel and dish of flowers; river scene in background.. Artist(s): Muhammad Amir, Shaikh, of Karraya (fl.1830s-40s)
Scope & Content:
Brahmin with brass vessel and dish of flowers; river scene in background. Inscribed: ‘Bruhman. S. Mohammed Ameer. Pa’ Std at Kurraya.’ Note: 1845 water-mark.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1846
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 190

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Add Or 190
Title:
A man from the uplands (palaiyakkaran)
Scope & Content:
A man from the uplands (‘palaiyakkaran’); the man holds a spear and two horns; his wife a basket. Inscribed: ‘A Polygar - or Indian Highlander.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 579

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Add Or 579
Title:
Naga warrior, perhaps an Angami, with spear and plumed shield.
Scope & Content:
Naga warrior, perhaps an Angami, with spear and plumed shield. Inscribed: ‘Naga Warrior.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 580

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Add Or 580
Title:
Hillman with a basket on his back, smoking a pipe
Scope & Content:
Hillman with a basket on his back, smoking a pipe. Inscribed: ‘A Hillman.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 581

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Add Or 581
Title:
Kuki man carrying two baskets on a yoke
Scope & Content:
Kuki man carrying two baskets on a yoke. Inscribed: ‘A Kookie coolie.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 684

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Add Or 684
Title:
Brahmin pundit and wife; the pundit holds a manuscript.
Scope & Content:
Brahmin pandit and wife;the pandit holds a manuscript. Inscribed: ‘A Pandit Bramin and his Wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 685

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Add Or 685
Title:
Tenkalai Vaisnava Brahmin and wife; the man holds a rosary and a palm-leaf manuscript.
Scope & Content:
Tenkalai Vaishnava Brahmin and wife; the man holds a rosary and a palm-leaf manuscript. Inscribed: ‘Iyengar Bramin and his Wife.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1805
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 1227

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Add Or 1227
Title:
Inhabitant of the Garo Hills, Assam, in war-dress.
Scope & Content:
Inhabitant of the Garo Hills, Assam, in war-dress. Inscribed: ‘A Mountaineer.’ Note: This appears to be a copy of the engraving by John Alefounder reproduced in J. Eliot, ‘Observations on the inhabitants of the Garrow Hills made during a Publick Deputation in the Years 1788 and 1789’, ‘Asiatic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1804
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 1261

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Add Or 1261
Title:
A group of six Jats
Scope & Content:
A group of six Jats; one in a yellow and red uniform. Inscribed: ‘Jats.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1830
Extent:
1 Item