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036-002288169 Material Type Photographs

21. Mss Eur F222/16(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/16(30)
Title:
[Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad. Young fakeer in the act of extruding eyeball.] Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Side view, showing young man with eye gouge inserted to lever out right eyeball. Original whole-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 242x311mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
14 Jul 1927
Extent:
1 item

22. Mss Eur F222/16(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/16(31)
Title:
[Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad. Young fakeer in the act of extruding eyeball.] Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Almost identical to print 30. Ink stain on print surface. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 255x305mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and customs; self-mutilation Location = Andhra Pr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1925
Extent:
1 item

23. Mss Eur F222/16(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/16(32)
Title:
[Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad.] Eyeball still dislocated when the instrument is removed. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated group of four figures, with implements. Second from left is seated a young man with his right eyeball still protruding. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 213x210mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Aug 1925
Extent:
1 item

24. Mss Eur F222/16(33)

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

25. Mss Eur F222/14(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/14(4)
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 profile view, showing wounds in right side of neck. [Silver printing-out paper, 69x92mm]. Subjects = ascetics; ascetics (Muslim); fakirs (Muslim ascetics); Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); sects Location = Andhr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1928
Extent:
1 item

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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