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Two mendicants begging alms from a grain seller.
Catalogue reference: Add Or 3005
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- Add Or 3005
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- Two mendicants begging alms from a grain seller.
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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Two mendicants '(suthra shahi)' begging alms from a grain seller who is seated in his shop. By an artist from the Punjab Hills working in the Punjab Plains probably at Lahore or Amritsar, c.1850. Gouache; red border with black and white rules; 7.5 by 9.75 ins. Presented by Mildred and W.G. Archer, 1 July, 1969. Note: Comparable in style to painting in Guler, Kangra district, c.1830-40 (see Archer, 1966). 'Suthra shahis' are non-sectarian mendicants peculiar to the Punjab. They revere Tegh Bahadur, father of Guru Govind Singh, as their founder. When begging, they sing songs and clash together two black sticks. They wear black perpendicular streaks down their foreheads.
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Not applicable
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- 1 Item
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Unrestricted. Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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- Medium: opaque watercolour.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Mildred Archer, Company drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1972), 182
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Two mendicants begging alms from a grain seller.