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Drum

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  • An itinerant vendor advertising his 'sales show' in a square of town. Wood engraving after F. Gilbert.
  • Followers of Sri Chaitanya in a procession with flags, drums, dancing and singing. Transfer lithograph.
  • Devotees of Krishna and followers of Sri Caitanya, dancing with drums, flags and narsingh horn. Chromolithograph.
  • A shaman banging a drum and dancing invoke spirits to cure a sick man. Engraving by S. Davenport.
  • A shaman singing and beating a drum. Halftone.
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    A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.

    Baptiste, Sylvestre, 1791-1859. | Date: 1828 | Reference: 16519i
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    Devotees of Krishna and followers of Sri Caitanya, dancing with drums, flags and narsingh horn. Chromolithograph.

    | Reference: 26213i
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    Five-headed Shiva playing musical instruments. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 26136i
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    Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.

    Rugendas, Georg Philipp, 1666-1742. | Reference: 24446i
    Part of: Grosse Schlachtenszenen fuer Lothar Franz Graf von Schoenborn
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    Indian acrobats performing. Gouache painting.

    | Date: [1815?] | Reference: 728563i
    Part of: Indian practitioners of trades, crafts, and professions. Gouache paintings, 18--.
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