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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F222 Level [41] Item

51. Mss Eur F222/14(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/14(5)
Title:
Close-up portrait of Rafai Fakir, showing puncture wound in neck, Hyderabad. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close view of wounds in rights side of neck. [Silver printing-out paper, 73x96mm]. Subjects = ascetics; ascetics (Muslim); fakirs (Muslim ascetics); Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); sects Location = Andhra Pradesh; Hyderabad (A.P....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1928
Extent:
1 item

52. Mss Eur F222/14(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/14(6)
Title:
Close-up portrait of Rafai Fakir, showing puncture wound in neck, Hyderabad. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head-and-shoulders view of left side of neck, showing wounds. [Silver printing-out paper, 73x96mm]. Subjects = ascetics; ascetics (Muslim); fakirs (Muslim ascetics); Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); sects Location = Andhra Pradesh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1928
Extent:
1 item

53. Mss Eur F222/14(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/14(7)
Title:
Close-up portrait of Rafai Fakir, showing puncture wound in neck, Hyderabad. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close view of left side of neck, showing wounds. [Silver printing-out paper, 72x96mm]. Subjects = ascetics; ascetics (Muslim); fakirs (Muslim ascetics); Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); sects Location = Andhra Pradesh; Hyderabad (...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1928
Extent:
1 item

54. Mss Eur F222/16(1)

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

55. Mss Eur F222/16(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/16(2)
Title:
[Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Ready to start. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 1. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 229x292mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and customs; self-mutilation Location = Andhra Pradesh; Hyderabad (A.P.); India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1925
Extent:
1 item

56. Mss Eur F222/16(3)

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

57. Mss Eur F222/16(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/16(4)
Title:
[Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad. Fakir preparing for self-mutilation rites.] Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man kneeling on mat in verandah, preparatory to enacting self-mutilation rites. Original whole-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 259x306mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
13 Apr 1927
Extent:
1 item

58. Mss Eur F222/16(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/16(5)
Title:
[Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Disinfecting the skewer by licking it. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Devotees preparing for self-mutilation rites. Original whole-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 222x212mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and cu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
9 Aug 1925
Extent:
1 item

59. Mss Eur F222/16(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/16(6)
Title:
[Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Skewer through tongue. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Member of sect with tongue pierced by long skewer. Original ¼-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 190x285mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
9 Aug 1925
Extent:
1 item

60. Mss Eur F222/16(7)

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