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11. Add Or 4380

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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

12. Add Or 4381

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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

13. Add Or 4382

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Title:
A Hindu merchant of the Tenkalai sect, wearing coat and turban, and carrying a square of cloth in one hand and an umbrella in the other.
Scope & Content:
A Hindu merchant of the Tenkalai sect, wearing coat and turban, and carrying a square of cloth in one hand and an umbrella in the other.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

14. Add Or 4383

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Title:
A Lingayat, wearing coat and turban and a locket containing his emblematic lingam, and Saiva sect marks: ashes smeared across his forehead and three horizontal lines on his neck.
Scope & Content:
A Lingayat, wearing coat and turban and a locket containing his emblematic ‘lingam’, and Saiva sect marks: ashes smeared across his forehead and three horizontal lines on his neck. Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Lingaite’. Note: Described opposite: ‘Both men and women ... wear a silver casket at...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

15. Add Or 4384

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Title:
A follower of Madhvacharya, wearing dhoti and a green uttariya wound round his upper body, and carrying a pot and a fruit(?).
Scope & Content:
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

16. Add Or 4385

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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

17. 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

18. Add Or 4387

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Add Or 4387
Title:
A toty, or village messenger, dressed in white and with a staff.
Scope & Content:
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

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