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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(33)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Boy fakeer ready to lever out his eyeball. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Young man posed in a similar position to the fakir in print 28, with eye gouge raised. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 235x257mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and customs; self-muti...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(1)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Ready to start, their instruments spread out on a carpet in front of them. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of Rafai fakirs, seated in courtyard of the City Palace, Hyderabad, with skewers, swords and various other implements laid out on the ground in front of them. Original whole-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 249x303mm]...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 9 Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(3)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Another one ready. He is blind in his left eye. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Fakir kneeling on cloth with bundle of skewers, in preparation for the self-mutilation rites seen in the following prints. His blindness probably relates to the practice of extruding the eyeball (see prints ). Original whole-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F22...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Jul 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(7)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Skewers through tongue and through scalp into bone of skull. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography The man seen in print 4, here with skewers inserted through tongue and into skull. Original whole-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 252x304mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religiou...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 13 Apr 1927
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(13)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad. Skewer inserted] Through the abdominal wall. The scars of old attempts are clearly seen. Not a drop of blood. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close view of inserted skewer. Original whole-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 246x308mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and customs; self-mut...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 9 Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(20)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Pushing skewer into neck. Notice the veins of his forehead protruding. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography The same photograph as print 19, enlarged and cropped to show central figure only. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 276x229mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and customs; self-mutilati...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(25)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Right side of neck, one minute after removal of skewer, showing fresh wound of entrance. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close head-and-shoulders profile of the man seen in prints 22-24. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 239x308mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and customs; self-mutilation Location = A...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(26)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Left side of neck, two minutes after removal of skewer, showing fresh wound of exit. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-profile of left side of man seen in prints 22-25. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 229x307mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and customs; self-mutilation Location = Andhra Prade...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Aug 1925
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(27)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Scars on shaved area of scalp, showing where skewer enters. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close view looking down onto the top of the skull of the man seen in prints 22-26. Original whole-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 255x307mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religiou...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 14 Jul 1927
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F222/16(28)
Title:: [Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Young fakeer showing exactly where he presses the point of the skewer [to extrude eyeball]. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Young man holding eye gouge near the outermost point of the right eye, preparatory to extruding the eyeball. Original whole-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 247x308mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 14 Jul 1927
Extent:: 1 item

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