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Figure of Hindu god Ganesh, Dhokra style

1801-1900

Figurine of the Hindu god Vishnu, Dhokra style

1801-1900

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Lingam shrine with figures of Hindu deities

1801-1900

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Three Indian Grain measures from Balasore

1700-1799

Two Indian Grain measures from Balasore

1700-1799

Model of Hilsa fishing 'Dinghi' as used on River Ganges

1927

Model of Ganges fishing boat

1900-1926

Glass specimen jar, containing seeds (cajanus bicolor), Bengal, India, 1866

1871-1930

Bengali village scene

1944

Bengali girls

circa 1944

Ram Gopal

1944

School girls, Bengal

1944

Bengal village

1944

Bengal village

1944

Model, of a Bengal, India ship's grapnel anchor

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Figurine of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, Dhokra style

1801-1900

Figure of Hindu goddess Parvati

1801-1900

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Charm used to shorten protracted labour

1900-1930

Temple lustration spoon

1801-1900

Spinning thread

1944

Bengal coolie

1944

Bengali villagers on temple steps

1944

Coolie boy, Bengal

1944

Cattle grazing, Bengal

1945

Bengali villagers on temple steps

1944

Coolie boy, Bengal

1944

Bengali village

1944

Bengali village scene

1944
Brass plaque, possibly a yantra, with engravings, related to a collection of sectarian body stamps and a shallow brass dish with engraving of Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900

Brass plaque with engravings, India, 1801-1900

1801-1900
Shallow brass dish with engraving of Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), related to a collection of sectarian body stamps and two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900

Shallow brass dish with engraving of Lord Vishnu’s footprint, India, 1801-1900

1801-1900
Open lamp used by workers in the collieries of Giridih, Bengal, early twentieth-century

Open lamp used by natives in the collieries of Giridih Bengal

1900-1940
Five Indian Grain measures from Balasore in Orissa State of Eastern Bengal. 18th century, made of hard black wood, bowl shape, heavily mounted in ornamental brasswork. International diameters at rims:- 1.6"; 2.2"; 2.9"; 3.5"; 4.3"

Five Indian Grain measures from Balasore

1700-1799
Fifty-eight sectarian body stamps (‘cchapa’), originally mounted on four velvet covered boards, related to two engraved brass plaques, potentially yantras, and a shallow brass dish depicting Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from Bengal, India, 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

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

1801-1900
Gilt Hindu shrine with papier mache figures, the goddess Durga slaying the demon Mahisa, 4 attendants, probably Bengali, 1801-1900

Shrine with figures of goddess Durga slaying demon Mahisa

1801-1900
Brass plaque, possibly a yantra, with engravings, related to a collection of sectarian body stamps and a shallow brass dish with engraving of Lord Vishnu’s footprint (Vishnupada), from India, potentially Bengal, 1801-1900

Brass plaque with engravings, India, 1801-1900

1801-1900
Silver gelatin copy print made ca.1970s. Photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton of a Bengali street scene.

Bengali village scene

1944