Fifty-eight sectarian body stamps, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/1

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/2

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/3

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/4

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/5

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotuslotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/6

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/7

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/8

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/9

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/10

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/11

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/12

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/13

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/14

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/15

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/16

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/17

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/18

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/19

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/20

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/21

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/22

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/23

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/24

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/25

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/26

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/27

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/28

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/29

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/30

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/31

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/32

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/33

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/34

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/35

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/36

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/37

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/38

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/39

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/40

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/41

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/42

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/43

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/44

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/45

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/46

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/47

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/48

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/49

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/50

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/51

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/52

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/53

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/54

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/55

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/56

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

More

According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/57

type:: body stamp

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp (‘cchapa’), one of fifty-eight, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900. Used by devotees of the Hindu deity Vishnu and pilgrims to prepare for worship, each stamp bears either script or symbols relating to Vishnu such as the conch and the lotus

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According to Utracht (‘Traditional Jewelry of India’, Thames & Hudson, 1997, p.25) stamps like these are dipped into a paste of sandalwood and applied to forehead, cheeks, shoulders, forearms or stomach after the devotee has undergone a purifying bath. The marks on the body provide a visual display of the devotee’s belief and are thought to transfer the beneficence of the deity to the wearer

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A18716/1/58

type:: body stamp

Fifty-eight sectarian body stamps, India, 1801-1900

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Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

Sectarian body stamp, India, 1801-1900

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