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Title
Pots for sacred water, Allahabad, India, ca. 1930
Creator
Unknown
Contributor
Newton & Co., 43 Museum Street, London
Date Created and/or Issued
1925/1935
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Contact the repository for details.
The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Description
Tinted lantern slide showing pots for holding sacred water at an encampment in Allahabad. The pots are gourd shaped and are sold by traders. A queue of men has formed next to the stall of one of the traders. These pots would be used in Hindu worship. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.
Format
lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
lantern slides
photographs
Identifier
IMP-CSCNWW33-OS15-13.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78301
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS15-13.jpg
Subject
Pots
Holy water
Markets
Trade
Religious activities
Exterior views
Time Period
1925/1935
Place
Allahabad
Asia
India
Uttar Pradesh
commercial sites
Source
CSCNWW33/OS15/13 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s
Regions Beyond Missionary Union. India mixed lantern slides (CSCNWW33/OS15)

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