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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 5477-5569 Language Not applicable Subject Hindus

1. Add Or 5481

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5481
Title:
A naked ascetic mutilating himself with a knife.
Scope & Content:
A naked ascetic mutilating himself with a knife. Inscribed below (Hand A and B): ‘Un pauvre’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 5494

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5494
Title:
A Saiva ascetic, with conch and morchal.
Scope & Content:
A Saiva ascetic, with conch and morchal. Inscribed below (Hand A and B): ‘Prêtre maure.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 5504

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5504
Title:
Saiva ascetic standing on one leg.
Scope & Content:
Saiva ascetic standing on one leg. Inscribed below (Hand A and B): ‘Chanachy pauvre.’ Note: the frame of the drawing is upside down.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 5543

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5543
Title:
A Srivaisnava ascetic dancing playing the tambura with a pot balanced on his head and with bells on his ankles.
Scope & Content:
A Srivaisnava ascetic dancing playing the ‘tambura’ with a pot balanced on his head and with bells on his ankles. Inscribed below (Hand C): ‘Pauvre.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 5559

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5559
Title:
A Srivaisnava priest with a woven flag and a small woven vessel.
Scope & Content:
A Srivaisnava priest with a woven flag and a small woven vessel. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Bramny prêtre.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 5562

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5562
Title:
A Srivaisnava priest holding a gold water-vessel in left hand, a bell in his right.
Scope & Content:
A Srivaisnava priest holding a gold water-vessel in left hand, a bell in his right. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Whistony ou serviteur des pagodas.’ Note: cf. ‘Wistnouwaes’ in Hobson-Jobson under ‘Vaishnava.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 5563

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5563
Title:
A Srivaisnava ascetic carrying a torch and an oil flask with which he is servicing a flame burning in a tall vessel.
Scope & Content:
A Srivaisnava ascetic carrying a torch and an oil flask with which he is servicing a flame burning in a tall vessel. Inscribed below (Hand B): ‘Thade? espèce de pauvre qui mêne du feux partout avec lui.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 5569

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5569
Title:
Hindu marriage ceremony, the man placing a garland round his wife's neck, a priest and a marriage pole with banana leaves beside them.
Scope & Content:
Hindu marriage ceremony, the man placing a garland round his wife’s neck, a priest and a marriage pole with banana leaves beside them. Husband and priest wear Saiva sect marks. Inscribed below (Hand C): ‘Mariage’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1790
Extent:
1 Item

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