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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1320/1/21
Title:: ആട്ടക്കഥ
Scope & Content:: Gilded and broken leaves. Some pages were missing. Many leaves brittle, broken and mouldy; very fragile. Plain wooden covers on two sides. Mixed bundle containing parts of two different palm-leaf manuscripts. Plain wooden covers do not fit in these manuscripts. This text comprises different āṭṭa...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 230 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1320/2/5
Title:: Mixed bundle
Scope & Content:: Multiple-text palm-leaf manuscript. No wooden covers on bothside. Broken leafs. Extent: 1 Palm Leaf Manuscript. Condition of original material: Fair condition. Arrangement: Material arranged by its page number. MRPC reference: EAP1320MRPC/IM25. This manuscript contains the following 10 text...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Malayalam and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th century-18th century
Extent:: 43 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1357/1/6
Title:: City Council of Nairobi Minutes 1958 - 1959 Vol. XXVI.
Scope & Content:: Extent: 1 file containing 135 items. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 26cm, Width 19.5cm, Height 9.5cm. Volume number: Vol. XXVI. Related towns/cities: Nairobi. This file contains the following 135 items: EAP1357/1/6/1: Introduction to the Minutes of Proceedings of the Counci...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1958-1959
Extent:: 974 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1357/1/49
Title:: Minutes of Proceeding of the Council and of the Several Committees thereof for the year ended the 30th day of June 1953
Scope & Content:: Extent: 1 file containing 174 items. Size and dimensions of original material: Length 26.7. Width 20.5 cm. Height 8.8 cm. Condition of original material: Last cover and page missing. Volume number: Vol XX. Related towns/cities: Nairobi. This file contains the following 172 items: EAP1357/1/...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 May 1953
Extent:: 857 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1357/1/75
Title:: Minutes of Proceedings of the council and of the several committees thereof for the month of August 1949
Scope & Content:: Extent: 1 file containing 16 items. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 25.5 cm, Width 19.5cm, Depth 0.5cm. Condition of original material: The edges are torn and has liquid spilled on the top left and bottom right corners. Volume and issue number: Vol XVII / No.2. Related towns...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 Jul 1949
Extent:: 72 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 70(3)
Title:: Burmese zat pway. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: General view of dance in progress, with group of European spectators standing in background. The zat pwe performance incorporates singing, dancing and drama.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s-1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1167(8)
Title:: Young monks wearing ancient wooden masks during the dance festival at Key Monastery. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of two monks wearing masks, with monastery buildings in the background: 'Young monks wearing ancient wooden masks during the dance festival at Key Monastery. These Bakhtuk act as jokers during the performances, teasing the older monks by mimicking them and ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Jul 1993
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1167(55)
Title:: A performance of The Elephant, one of the most popular plays in the Buchen repertoire, Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'A performance of The Elephant, one of the most popular plays in the Buchen repertoire. During the play the Elephant will dance to the sound of cymbals and chanting, leaping and thrashing around wildly. Before Buddha’s birth his mother dreamed of a white elepha...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Feb 2004
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1167(61)
Title:: A young monk wearing an ancient wooden mask during the dance festival at Key Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:: 'A young monk wearing an ancient wooden mask during the dance festival at Key Monastery. These Bakhtuk act as jokers during the performances, teasing the older monks by mimicking them and generally entertaining the audience by punctuating the long solemn dances with touches of humour. They also...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Jul 2005
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1167(64)
Title:: Monks from Key Monastery perform during the annual dance festival (cham), Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Jul 2005
Extent:: 1 item

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