Brahmin astrologer and wife; the man holds a palm-leaf manuscript, his wife brass pots. Inscribed: ‘The usual Costume of the Brahmin Cast’;’ called Punchanggum, or foreteller of Events.’
Add.Or.1622-1659 38 drawings bound into an album depicting castes and occupations of South India and in most cases showing a man and woman facing each ...
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Add.Or.1622-1659 38 drawings bound into an album depicting castes and occupations of South India and in most cases showing a man and woman facing each other and holding the appropriate tools of their trade. By a Tanjore artist c.1822. Inscribed in ink with titles and notes. Water-colour; siz...
Man and woman of the ‘Buljavar’ caste; the man holds a sword and the woman betel leaves. Inscribed: ‘The Costume of the Buljavar or Gentoo Caste’;’ the present Rajah of Mysore is of this tribe.’
Cultivator and wife; the man carries a plough and the woman a stick and betel leaves. Inscribed: ‘The Ryot or husbandan, bearing a plough in the Carnatic, which makes but little impression on the soil.’