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Title
Man praying before Hindu idol, Los Angeles, 1999
Creator
Berndt, Jerry
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1999
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Jerry Berndt Collection
Rights Information
Berndt, Jerry
Private collections
The Jerry Berndt Estate, Nils Grossien, managing director; email: ngrossien@mac.com ; phone: +49.176.96974098 (Germany); web: www.jerryberndt-estate.com/koken
ngrossien@mac.com
Description
Photograph of man praying before Hindu idol, Los Angeles, 1999. A man stands before a statue with his hands together and his eyes closed. He is wearing a white robe with black embroidery. The statue with lion's face has it's right hand raised, palm open and its left hand outstretched in a claw type position. It is dressed in a white shawl and a flower lei and made out of some kind of black stone. It has a mouth full of large white fangs and a headdress of what appears to be leaves.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
berndt-m650
berndt-soul-la29-28-1999
http://doi.org/10.25549/berndt-m650
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/berndt-soul-la29-28-1999.jpg
Subject
Men
Prayer
Buddhism
Time Period
circa 1999
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
Private collection [Contributing entity]
photo no: soul-la29-28 [Identifying Number]
Relation
Jerry Berndt Collection
Soul of Los Angeles Collection
berndt-m452

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