A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with withered left arm raised over his head, and overgrown fingernails. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).

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1880
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566798i
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A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, with withered left arm raised over his head, and overgrown fingernails. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The man has short curly hair and trimmed beard and wears an amulet around his neck and beads on his right wrist ; he wears a leopardskin (?) cloak and carries a kamandal (sacred pot)

Publication/Creation

1880

Physical description

1 painting : watercolour, with gouache ; sheet 22.1 x 17.1 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 566798i

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