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032-003278264 Subject Castes and Tribes

1. Add Or 4373

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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

2. Add Or 4379

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Add Or 4379
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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.
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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

3. Add Or 4371

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Add Or 4371
Title:
A page with studies of four heads, of lay Vaishnavas and their wives.
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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

4. Add Or 4387

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Add Or 4387
Title:
A toty, or village messenger, dressed in white and with a staff.
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A toty, or village messenger, dressed in white and with a staff. Inscribed below in pencil:’ Toty;’ and opposite in ink’: Toty or Viulivadi(?) He is the village headman’s henchman - knows all the ins and outs of each villager’s life and has many privileges and perquisites ...’ Note: Hobson-Job...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4386

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Add Or 4386
Title:
A radaree or road-keeper, wearing a loosely wound garment round his upper body and a purple turban.
Scope & Content:
A radaree or road-keeper, wearing a loosely wound garment round his upper body and a purple turban. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Rahdari’; and opposite in ink: ‘Rahdari, i.e. guide to the roads, one of the village officials whose duty is to direct travellers on their way ... Ordinarily, they we...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4377

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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

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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 4384

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Add Or 4384
Title:
A follower of Madhvacharya, wearing dhoti and a green uttariya wound round his upper body, and carrying a pot and a fruit(?).
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A follower of Madhvacharya, wearing dhoti and a green ‘uttariya’ wound round his upper body, and carrying a pot and a fruit(?). Inscribed below in ink: ‘Madhvacharya’; and opposite: ‘... They are distinguished by round flower-like marks on the temples, forehead, chest and arms. The centre mar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 4385

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Add Or 4385
Title:
A Saiva brahmin, wearing short dhoti and uttariya, and marked with three parallel lines of white ash on forehead and upper body, and carrying a manuscript. He also has a red bindu under the forehead mark.
Scope & Content:
A Saiva brahmin, wearing short dhoti and ‘uttariya’, and marked with three parallel lines of white ash on forehead and upper body, and carrying a manuscript. He also has a red ‘bindu’ under the forehead mark. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Shivite’. Note: Also described opposite, where Mackenzie...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

10. 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

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