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Subject Religious ceremonies

1. EAP687/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP687/1
Title:
Yungdrung Bön Library Collection, Menri Monastery, Dolanji, India
Scope & Content:
A collection of Bön manuscripts and tsakali held at Yungdrung Library, Menri Monastery in Dolanji. Unfortunately, it was not possible for the cataloguing of this project was not completed. Known copies of manuscripts have been removed but there may still be some duplication within the 164 files....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
1600-1950
Extent:
37608

2. IOR/R/15/2/1585

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1585
Title:
‘File No. 16/74 Death of Father Gabriel Fleming in Motor Accident’
Scope & Content:
Telegraphic correspondence, letters and other papers relating to the death in a road accident in Bahrain, of the Catholic Priest Father Gabriel Fleming, in June 1947. The correspondence covers: the reporting of the death to Fleming’s sister in England; expressions of condolences; burial arrangeme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1947-5 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

3. L.R.298.b.2, 1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(39)
Title:
Alhkidóhihi — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a Navaho sand painting: 'One of the four elaborate dry-paintings or sand altars employed in the rites of the Mountain Chant, a Navaho medicine ceremony of nine days' duration.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 3(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(83)
Title:
The Sun Dancer. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a sun dancer of the Teton Sioux: 'As they dance, the performers never leave the spot on which they stand, the movement consisting in a slight upward spring from the toes and ball of the foot; legs and body are rigid. Always the right palm is extended to t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

5. Maps C.21.f.12(303)

Reference (shelfmark):
Maps C.21.f.12(303)
Title:
Baptism of 130 Indians of the Shebit Nation, at St George by the Mormons. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Showing a Mormon minister standing in the water with an Indian man, and with a large group of Indians gathered on the bank behind. Stereo half, arched top.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur F138/59(145)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F138/59(145)
Title:
Viceregal Visit to Sikkim: Lama Dancers outside Temple, Gangtok. Photographer: Laithwaite, John Gilbert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Snapshot of Cham dancers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1939
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 20(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(28)
Title:
Devil dancers—Tongsa Jong [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of costumed dancers and musicians gathered in a courtyard in the dzong at Tongsa. The photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 439), with the following caption: 'A group of masked dancers—Tongsa-Jo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 667/3(425)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/3(425)
Title:
Cremation. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1936
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 667/3(426)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/3(426)
Title:
Cremation. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1936
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 667/3(427)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/3(427)
Title:
Cremation. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1936
Extent:
1 item

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