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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 4371-4387 Subject Castes and Tribes

1. Add Or 4371

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Add Or 4371
Title:
A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives.
Scope & Content:
A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives. In the upper pair, the man, who wears a red Maratha turban, wears the ‘tilaka’ of the Tenkalai Shri-Vaishnavas, of white, U-shaped, extending downwards onto the nose, and a flame-like yellow ‘bindu’ within. His wife has a si...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4372

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4372
Title:
Four individual heads: Above, a Marwari in purple turban and his richly bejewelled wife. Below, a barber in a red turban with a Tenkalai tilaka and his wife.
Scope & Content:
Four individual heads: Above, a Marwari in purple turban and his richly bejewelled wife. Inscribed in pencil: ‘No. 1 Maharwadi No. 1 Wife’. Below, a barber in a red turban with a Tenkalai ‘tilaka’ and his wife. Inscribed in pencil: ‘No. 3 Barber No. 3 His Wife.’. Inscribed in ink opposite: ‘...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4373

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4373
Title:
Four individual heads, of a Mughal, or high-class Muslim, and washerman, and their wives.
Scope & Content:
Four individual heads, of a Mughal, or high-class Muslim, and washerman, and their wives. Inscribed: ‘No. 2 Mogul No. 2 His wife. No. 4 Dhobie No. 4 wife.’ Note: The Mughal wears a full beard and a pointed brocaded purple cap, and, obviously, no sect-mark. The washerman wears a Saiva mark of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4375

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Add Or 4375
Title:
Four heads on one sheet of Smarta brahmins.. Above, a bearded man wearing a wide-crowned hat, and his bejewelled wife, neither wearing sect marks. Below, a younger man with blue hat and a white bindu on his forehead, while his wife has a red one.
Scope & Content:
Four heads on one sheet. Above, a bearded man wearing a wide-crowned hat, and his bejewelled wife, neither wearing sect marks. Below, a younger man with blue hat and a white ‘bindu’ on his forehead, while his wife has a red one. Inscribed in pencil on album page: ‘Smartha’. Note: ‘Smartas’, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4376

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4376
Title:
Four heads on one sheet. Above, a man with mutton-chop whiskers and a blue fez, and his jewelled wife, both without sect marks. Below, a white-bearded, low-caste man, and his wife, neither marked. Possibly lay followers of Madhvacarya.
Scope & Content:
Four heads on one sheet. Above, a man with mutton-chop whiskers and a blue fez, and his jewelled wife, both without sect marks. Below, a white-bearded, low-caste man, and his wife, neither marked. Inscribed below in pencil on the album page: ‘Mahdva’. Note: Possibly lay followers. For a bra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4377

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4377
Title:
A Sri-Vaishnava brahmin of the Tenkalai sect, standing on a green and brown ground, wearing dhoti, a small red shawl, and with his urdhvapundra on his forehead and upper body.
Scope & Content:
A Sri-Vaishnava brahmin of the Tenkalai sect, standing on a green and brown ground, wearing dhoti, a small red shawl, and with his ‘urdhvapundra’ on his forehead and upper body. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Vishnuite’; and on the album page: ‘Sri Vaishna/Tenguli.’ Note: The lengthy description ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4378

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4378
Title:
A Sri-Vaishnava brahmin of the Vatakalai sect, standing and marked as in xiv above, with an uttariya draped round his upper body.
Scope & Content:
A Sri-Vaishnava brahmin of the Vatakalai sect, standing and marked as in ‘xiv’ above, with an ‘uttariya’ draped round his upper body. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Vishnuite.’ Note: For his sect mark, see note to Add.Or.4377. Like all the remaining figures in this album, he is depicted standing o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 4379

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4379
Title:
A dasari mendicant, wearing the Tenkalai sect-mark, rudraksa rosaries, and various brass gongs slung about him, including one with Hanuman engraved upon it, blowing a conch and holding an incense brazier.
Scope & Content:
A ‘dasari’ mendicant, wearing the Tenkalai sect-mark, ‘rudraksa’ rosaries, and various brass gongs slung about him, including one with Hanuman engraved upon it, blowing a conch and holding an incense brazier. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Vishnuite Mendicant.’ Note: With long description opposite.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 4380

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4380
Title:
A Tenkalai mendicant, wearing a tall pointed cap, his sectarian mark over his upper body, and with a rosary of very large berries. He carries a chowrie in a case under one arm, and is putting incense on his brazier.
Scope & Content:
Another Tenkalai mendicant, wearing a tall pointed cap, his sectarian mark over his upper body, and with a rosary of very large berries. He carries a chowrie in a case under one arm, and is putting incense on his brazier. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Vishnuite Mendicant.’ Note: With long descript...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 4381

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4381
Title:
A Tenkalai mendicant wearing turban and coat over his dhoti, beating a double-ended drum, and with a gaily bedecked bull behind him.
Scope & Content:
A Tenkalai mendicant wearing turban and coat over his dhoti, beating a double-ended drum, and with a gaily bedecked bull behind him. Inscribed below in ink: ‘Vishnuite Mendicant’; and opposite: ‘Vishnuite Mendicant who goes about with the sacred white Bull bedecked with coloured clothes, tags, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

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