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Close photo of a seated person on a red cushioned seat, wearing a leopard-print silk top and saffron-orange lower garment. Both hands hold a curved ivory-toned horn-like instrument with dark wooden tips and a wooden rod, handling a carved bone or ivory piece. A dark backdrop and gold-edged red cloth surround the seat. Only the torso, arms and legs are visible; the face is not shown.

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Close-up photograph of a seated man wearing a leopard-print garment over orange-red cloth at the waist and legs. His hands rest on his lap holding a carved wooden snake figure with a curved body and raised head. A wooden stick lies beside his thigh. Blue and yellow panels and a dark garment are blurred in the background.2009-06-29A seated man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears a leopard-print shawl over his shoulders and bare chest and orange-red cloth around his waist. He sits on a red velvet-covered platform, holding a small wooden flute-like instrument and looking down at it. Beside him rests a hand drum with a white skin and a wooden frame, and behind him hangs a maroon curtain with a microphone stand. A blue and yellow wall forms the backdrop on the left.2009-06-29June 29 20092009-06-29Close-up photograph of a seated figure on a throne draped with a leopard-print cloth, a silver ornamented throne armrest and a silver staff or rod at left. The figure wears long rudraksha mala strands of brown beads across the chest, a leopard-print garment, and rust-red cloth wrapped over the legs. Both hands hold a thin rectangular golden strip with inscribed writing, and a red thread is tied around one wrist. The bare foot rests on the throne step. The background is a dark red curtain.2018-04-01June 29 20092009-06-29A seated man with long dark wavy hair, white forehead markings and a red bindi, eyes lowered in meditation. He wears a leopard-print yellow and black wrap draped over his shoulders, a gold chain at the neck, and white armbands on his upper arms. He holds a wooden instrument with a curved carved top in both hands over an orange cloth, against a blue backdrop with a warm yellow cloth behind him.2009-06-29April 01 20182018-04-01June 29 20092009-06-29June 29 20092009-06-29A seated man with long, dark, wavy hair and a leopard-print orange and black shawl over his shoulders holds a live white snake in both hands, looking down at it. He wears white vertical tilak lines on his forehead with a red dot at the centre, and a gold chain at his neck. A wooden peetha or throne-like seat with an orange cloth covering his lap is visible at the bottom, a microphone stand is at the right against a bright blue backdrop, and a gold trident-like finial sits behind his head. Physical person count is one. Identity is not established from appearance, so no probable label is applied.2009-06-29A photograph of a seated man on a gold-trimmed red-cushioned throne-like platform in front of a blue wall with a yellow doorframe. He wears a leopard-print shawl over bare shoulders and an orange-saffron dhoti, with a red tilak on his forehead and long swept-back dark hair. He smiles while holding a small red object in one hand and a curved white stick or horn-like prop in the other. A damaru drum with a black handle rests beside him on the platform, and a trident-topped staff stands at left. Dark curtains hang at right with a thin microphone stand arm extending into the frame.2009-06-29March 04 20132013-03-04