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Copy prints depicting items used in the performance of 'Bhanamatti Puja'. Photographer(s):...

Catalogue reference: Photo 258

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Reference
Photo 258
Title
Copy prints depicting items used in the performance of 'Bhanamatti Puja'. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Date
1920s
Description

Copy prints of leaves from a book showing drawings of items recovered by the police. The items (eg. wooden dolls) were used in the performance of Bhanamatti Puja, a ritual apparantly designed to bring ill-fortune to chosen individuals. There is also a copy of a photograph of 'A woman of the Bidar District (showing Bilawan scars or marks)'.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Language
Not applicable
Physical description
1 item
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Immediate source of acquisition
Presented by Miss Ethel Rosenthal, 1966.
Physical condition
Dimensions: 154 mm x 130 mm to 203 mm x 154 mm.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3b04f639-d515-4eef-bb91-65b80d787a38/

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Copy prints depicting items used in the performance of 'Bhanamatti Puja'. Photographer(s): Unknown.