Postcards of examples of Bronze Age artefacts from Britain and Ireland, and of oriental metalwork of the 13th and 14th centuries, all from the collections of the British Museum. Dated as: no date
Glass negatives of Hunt's family, children, relations, mostly taken in Britain and India
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A miscellaneous collection of 48 original glass negatives and lantern slides relating to the family life of Dr Edmund Henderson Hunt in Great Britain. None of the material appears to be of direct Indian significance. The collection can be broken down into the following categories: (i). 33 stere...
Glass negatives and lantern slides relating to the sacred books, saint's tomb and self mutilation ceremonies of the Rafai Fakirs, a Muslim sect in Hyderabad; with slides of similar practices by other groups.
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Collection of original glass negatives and lantern slides, as follows: 1. 26 whole plate glass negatives relating to the self-mutilation activities of the Islamic sect of Rafai Fakirs in Hyderabad City. Prints for almost all of these can be found in Mss Eur F222/16, Mss Eur F222/17 and Mss E...
Notes and other papers on the Rafai Fakirs, a Muslim sect in Hyderabad and their ceremonies, and related subjects such as fire walking; with photographs. Dated as: 1926-28; 1936
"Indian Fakirs" by J. H. Hunt (later Baron Hunt of Fawley), a paper read to the Osler Club, May 11 1934 and reprinted from the St Bartholemew's Hospital Journal Oct-Dec 1934. Copies of Hunt's photographs, used to illustrate this paper, can be found at Mss Eur F222/16-18
Glass negatives and lantern slides of miscellaneous Indian scenes including a man enacting the tiger legend at Moharram, and the tunnel entrance to a Hindu temple at Bedar, Hyderabad. Photographer: Edmund Henderson Hunt
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Collection of 26 glass negatives and lantern slides, as follows: 1. Twelve monochrome lantern slides (unmounted) of Indian scenes: bazaars, Muhurram Festival, etc. 2. Eight ¼-plate glass negatives relating to the Rafai Fakirs, an Islamic sect in Hyderabad State. The views show the tomb at Hyd...
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along front of house. Stereoscopic print. [Silver printing-out paper, 157x98mm]. Subjects = British colonial architecture; bungalows; European architecture in India; Hunt Collection; private houses; stereoscopic prints Location = Amguri; Assam;...
[Interior of Amguri bungalow, Assam.] Photographer: Buckingham, James
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of drawing room. [Albumen print, 242x195mm]. Subjects = British colonial architecture; bungalows; European architecture in India; furniture and furnishings; Hunt Collection; interiors; private houses Location = Amguri; Assam; India