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  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: walking, wearing a cap, loincloth, tigerskin and raised sandals (pattens). Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a saffron robe and with a metal rack (?) placed around his neck. Gouache painting.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a short saffron robe and sandals. Gouache painting.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with his right arm raised above his head. Drawing, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Two Hindu ascetics: left, a woman wearing saffron robes, brimless hat and slippers and smoking a hookah; right, a barefoot man wearing a saffron loincloth and a tigerskin, and carrying a spear and sword in a scabbard. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • Three Hindu ascetics walking on burning embers. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore).
  • Two Hindu ascetics or holy men, one holding a sword in a scabbard (left), the other smoking a hookah (right). Gouache painting, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Two Hindu ascetics or holy men, seated on a verandah by moonlight, listen to music played on a vina. Gouache painting.
  • Two Hindu ascetics or holy men, one performing self-torture. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man performing self-torture, accompanied by a woman. Gouache painting by an artist of Thanjavur (Tanjore), ca. 1800 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: with a rod piercing his cheeks, and holding some ceremonial objects. Wood engraving, ca. 1890 (?).
  • An old Hindu ascetic, or holy man, at Haridwar: seated, with a circular grating around his neck. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: with two rods piercing his upper arms, and holding a trident in each hand. Coloured stipple engraving, 1828.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: suspended upside down over a small fire by cords tied around his ankles. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man, at Haridwar: seated, holding a fan. Wood engraving, ca. 1870.
  • A young Indian boy, wearing many beads and carrying a kettle, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: suspended by a hook and two spikes inserted through the muscles of his back. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man at Srirangam Temple: sitting cross-legged on a mat. Process print after J. Pedder, ca. 1890.
  • An Indian man wearing many beads, and carrying a begging bowl and an umbrella, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A Hindu ascetic, or holy man: standing, beating a drum with his left hand and plucking a stringed instrument with his right hand. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht, 1876.
  • A young Indian man wearing many beads and makeup in a temple precinct. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • Hooks, ropes and a lancet used by Hindu ascetics for self-torture. Engraving, 1798.
  • An Indian man with long hair, carrying a staff, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • Soldiers, camels and elephants gather around a gate to an Indian palace. Lithograph.
  • Sikkim and Tibet: eleven people of the Chumba (Chumbi) Valley; two of the women wear large nose rings. Photograph, 18--.
  • Court of Yama, God of Death. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Cowasjee, a man who had his nose reconstructed with the aid of plastic surgery. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1795, after J. Wales.
  • Cowasjee, a man who had his nose reconstructed with the aid of plastic surgery. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter, 1795, after J. Wales.