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1331. Add Or 1641

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1641
Title:
Vaisnava mendicant (Sattani) and devotee
Scope & Content:
Vaishnava mendicant ‘(cattani)’ and female devotee; the man carries a pot and a fan, the woman a rosary. Inscribed: ‘The Satana, a religious Mendicant, he announces his approach by singing.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

1332. Add Or 1642

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1642
Title:
Two Hindu dancing girls with four musicians
Scope & Content:
Two Hindu dancing-girls with four musicians. Inscribed: ‘Hindoo dancing women, with their attendant Musicians.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

1333. Add Or 1643

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1643
Title:
Two Muslim dancing girls with three musicians
Scope & Content:
Two Muslim dancing-girls with three musicians. Inscribed:’ Mahometan dancing women with their musicians.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

1334. Add Or 1644

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1644
Title:
Three types of Hindu ascetics: Pandaram, Gosain and Bairagi
Scope & Content:
Three types of Hindu Ascetic: Pandaram, Gosain and Bairagi. Inscribed: ‘Panadarum. Goossain. Byragee. The three different sects of Hindoo Devotees.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

1335. Add Or 1645

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1645
Title:
Pujari and wife of the Mariyamman cult
Scope & Content:
Man and woman of the Mariyamman cult; the man balances pots on his head and beats a drum, the woman also beats a drum. Inscribed: ‘The Poojaree’;’ or person appeasing the wrath of the Goddess Mariama who presides over Diseases.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

1336. Add Or 1646

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1646
Title:
Barber and wife
Scope & Content:
Barber and wife; the man holds a razor and small bowl. Inscribed: ‘The Indian Tonser.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

1337. Add Or 1647

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1647
Title:
Tailor and wife
Scope & Content:
Tailor and wife; the man holds scissors and a needle-case, the woman holds thread. Inscribed:’ The dirzee or Hindoo tailor.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

1338. Add Or 1648

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1648
Title:
Bamboo mat-maker and wife
Scope & Content:
Bamboo mat-maker and wife; the man carries a knife and bamboo-mat basket on his head, the woman carries a hand punkah. Inscribed: ‘The Burrod tribe, or Bamboo Mat-Maker.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

1339. Add Or 1649

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1649
Title:
Toddy-tapper and wife
Scope & Content:
Toddy-tapper and wife; the man carries a ladder, rope and earthen pot, the woman a pot of juice. Inscribed: ‘The Tansa, or Toddy man, the toddy is a favourite Indian beverage procured from the Cocoanut & Palmyra trees, & when fermented is very intoxicating.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

1340. Add Or 1650

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1650
Title:
Palanquin bearer and wife
Scope & Content:
Palanquin bearer and wife. Inscribed: ‘The Bestavar Caste, or the palankeen bearer.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1822
Extent:
1 Item

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