A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a saffron robe and with a metal rack (?) placed around his neck. Gouache painting.

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A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a saffron robe and with a metal rack (?) placed around his neck. Gouache painting. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The man has long dark hair and beard and is decorated with a pattern of three horizontal white stripes painted on his forehead, upper arm, above the elbow, on the elbow and at the wrist; he wears three strands of beads around his neck, and carries beads in his left hand and a small candle (?) in his right

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1 painting : gouache, with watercolour ; sheet 15.8 x 10.2 cm

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Wellcome Collection 566779i

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