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42. Add Or 3937
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3937
- Title:
- A Malabar Brahmin (Namputiri) and his wife
- Scope & Content:
- A Malabar Brahmin (Namputiri) and his wife. Both wear white cloths and carry palm-leaf parasols. The man also carries a palm-leaf fan. Inscribed: ‘Namburee’.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
43. Add Or 3938
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3938
- Title:
- A Naya householder (Manavan) and his wife
- Scope & Content:
- A Naya householder (Manavan) and his wife. Both wear white cloths and the man carries a palm-leaf parasol. Inscribed: ‘Manaven.’
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
44. Add Or 3940
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3940
- Title:
- Brahmins from North and South Kanara districts
- Scope & Content:
- Brahmins from North and South Kanara districts. Both carry palm-leaf umbrellas. The woman wears a spotted yellow sari: the man wears a white cloth and spotted mauve waist-band. Over his arm is a green bag and round his neck a crimson scarf with keys attached at either end. He wears a white t...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
45. Add Or 3941
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3941
- Title:
- A Brahman and his wife
- Scope & Content:
- A Brahman and his wife. The woman wears a nine-yard sari with a white border and carries a brass ‘lota’ and a crimson bundle. Her husband wears a white cloth with a crimson scarf round his neck and carries a blue bag on his shoulder. He holds a palm-leaf manuscript in his left hand and a palm...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
46. Add Or 4371
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4371
- Title:
- A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives.
- Scope & Content:
- A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives. In the upper pair, the man, who wears a red Maratha turban, wears the ‘tilaka’ of the Tenkalai Shri-Vaishnavas, of white, U-shaped, extending downwards onto the nose, and a flame-like yellow ‘bindu’ within. His wife has a si...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
47. Add Or 4372
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4372
- Title:
- Four individual heads: Above, a Marwari in purple turban and his richly bejewelled wife. Below, a barber in a red turban with a Tenkalai tilaka and his wife.
- Scope & Content:
- Four individual heads: Above, a Marwari in purple turban and his richly bejewelled wife. Inscribed in pencil: ‘No. 1 Maharwadi No. 1 Wife’. Below, a barber in a red turban with a Tenkalai ‘tilaka’ and his wife. Inscribed in pencil: ‘No. 3 Barber No. 3 His Wife.’. Inscribed in ink opposite: ‘...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
48. Add Or 4373
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4373
- Title:
- Four individual heads, of a Mughal, or high-class Muslim, and washerman, and their wives.
- Scope & Content:
- Four individual heads, of a Mughal, or high-class Muslim, and washerman, and their wives. Inscribed: ‘No. 2 Mogul No. 2 His wife. No. 4 Dhobie No. 4 wife.’ Note: The Mughal wears a full beard and a pointed brocaded purple cap, and, obviously, no sect-mark. The washerman wears a Saiva mark of...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
49. Add Or 4375
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4375
- Title:
- Four heads on one sheet of Smarta brahmins.. Above, a bearded man wearing a wide-crowned hat, and his bejewelled wife, neither wearing sect marks. Below, a younger man with blue hat and a white bindu on his forehead, while his wife has a red one.
- Scope & Content:
- Four heads on one sheet. Above, a bearded man wearing a wide-crowned hat, and his bejewelled wife, neither wearing sect marks. Below, a younger man with blue hat and a white ‘bindu’ on his forehead, while his wife has a red one. Inscribed in pencil on album page: ‘Smartha’. Note: ‘Smartas’, ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item
50. Add Or 4376
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 4376
- Title:
- Four heads on one sheet. Above, a man with mutton-chop whiskers and a blue fez, and his jewelled wife, both without sect marks. Below, a white-bearded, low-caste man, and his wife, neither marked. Possibly lay followers of Madhvacarya.
- Scope & Content:
- Four heads on one sheet. Above, a man with mutton-chop whiskers and a blue fez, and his jewelled wife, both without sect marks. Below, a white-bearded, low-caste man, and his wife, neither marked. Inscribed below in pencil on the album page: ‘Mahdva’. Note: Possibly lay followers. For a bra...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1850
- Extent:
- 1 Item