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71. Mss Eur F222/14-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/14-24
Title:
Edmund Henderson Hunt, Chief Medical Officer, Nizam's State Railway: papers relating to the Rafai Fakirs
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

72. Mss Eur F222/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/15
Title:
Scope & Content:
"Indian Fakirs" by J. H. Hunt (later Baron Hunt of Fawley), a paper read to the Osler Club, May 11 1934 and reprinted from the St Bartholemew's Hospital Journal Oct-Dec 1934. Copies of Hunt's photographs, used to illustrate this paper, can be found at Mss Eur F222/16-18
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
Unspecified

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. Mss Eur F222/16(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F222/16(8)
Title:
[Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad. Skewer inserted] Through both cheeks. No bleeding. Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man seated in courtyard with skewer inserted. Original ¼-plate glass negative at Mss Eur F222/47. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 252x312mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and custom...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
9 Aug 1925
Extent:
1 item