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’.
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...
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...