A masseur massaging the arm of a man who is sitting on a low stool, with a leg immersed in a brass basin. Gouache painting, ca. 1825.

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[1825?]
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582032i
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A masseur massaging the arm of a man who is sitting on a low stool, with a leg immersed in a brass basin. Gouache painting, ca. 1825. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A Ghulām or bath attendant of the Shūdra caste. To a customer in a Mughal-inspired bath-house he is providing snehana and svedana: these are two Ayurvedic procedures, of which the former includes external oil massage to nourish the "nervous system", while the latter applies hot steam to flush out the "toxins"

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[Delhi], [1825?]

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1 painting : gouache painting, with pencil ; sheet 30.4 x 19.9 cm

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Ghulam -bath attendant, shudar caste Lettering in English and Arabic below the image

Reference

Wellcome Collection 582032i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine" at Wellcome Collection, 16 November 2017 – 8 April 2018.

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