Antique Ritual Items, South India
Catalogue
Ritual Item N°601
Peacock Oil Lamp Stand
Wooden carved teck wood oil lamp stand representing a sacred peacok.
Wooden carved teck wood oil lamp stand representing a sacred peacok.
Ritual Item N°603
Oil Lamp Stand
Wooden carved teck wood oil lamp stand representing a temple architecture.
Ritual Item N°605
Yalli Wooden Statue
Wooden carved (teck wood) « Yalli », an idealistic and powerful creature made of a lion head, a horse body and a elephant trunk. It was an element if a Tamil processional wooden chariot.
Ritual Item N°606
Tribal Deities Wooden Statues
Rare pair of tribal divinities made of teck wood
Ritual Item N°607
Gandaberunda Wooden Panels
Pair of carved wooden panels representing the fight of 2-headed bird, Gandaberunda. They were elements of Tamilian architecture.
Ritual Items N°608
Ganesh Kawadi wooden Panel
Teck wood panel with Lord Ganeshan. It used to be part of processional element, Kawadi, which was comprised of two facing carved panels, one with Ganesh and the other one with Subramanian joined together with a bar and carried by the devoties to a temple dedicated to Lord Subramanian
Ritual Items N°609
Peacock Craved Wooden Panel
Squared teck wood panel carved with a floral circle and a peacock in the centre.
Ritual Items N°610
Pair of Yali Wooden Panels
Pair of carved wooden panels representing « Yalli », an idealistic and powerful creature made of a lion head, a horse body and a elephant trunk. These panels were elements of Tamilian architecture.
Ritual Item N°611
Teakwood Oil Lamp Stand
Wooden carved teck wood oil lamp stand representing a temple architecture.
Ritual Items N°612
Ganesh Wooden Statue
Unfinished sculpture of Lord ganesh in teck wood
Ritual Items N°613
Elephant with Palanquin Wooden Statue
Teck wood small sculpture of an elephant with its palanquin.
Ritual Items N°614
Pair of Vishnu Sandalwood Statuettes
Pair of satin wood small sculptures of Lord Vishnu.
Ritual and Other Items N°615
Pallanguzhi Game
Teck wood « Palankuzhi » game.
Pallakuzhi is game is played by two persons made of a wooden board that contains fourteen pits, carved symmetrically with seven on each player on each side. The pits contain cowry shells or seeds which are used to account the game which depends on the number of shells each players has to start with.
Ritual and Other Items N°616
Pallanguzhi Game
Teck wood « Palankuzhi » game.
Pallakuzhi is game is played by two persons made of a wooden board that contains fourteen pits, carved symmetrically with seven on each player on each side. The pits contain cowry shells or seeds which are used to account the game which depends on the number of shells each players has to start with.
Ritual and Other Items N°617
Mirror Frame with Birds
Teakwood frame with mirror topped with a pair of peacock
Ritual Items N°618
Puja Vibhooti Box
Teck wood ash or « vibhooti » puja Box bas-relief carved with Ganesh on one side and Nandi and lotus flower on the other one.
Vibhooti is the sacred ash made of burnt dried wood or cow dung used for Hindu rituals. Hindu devotees use to apply the powder on the forehead and other part of the body during the prayers and offering rituals.
The box is made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°619
Puja Vibhooti Box
Teck wood ash or « vibhooti » puja Box high relief carved with Lord Ganesh and Nandi on one side and Lord Vishnu and Nandi on the other one.
Vibhooti is the sacred ash made of burnt dried wood or cow dung used for Hindu rituals. Hindu devotees use to apply the powder on the forehead and other part of the body during the prayers and offering rituals.
The box is made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°620
Puja Vibhooti Box
Teck wood ash or « vibhooti » puja carved box representing a stylized sitting Nandi.
Vibhooti is the sacred ash made of burnt dried wood or cow dung used for Hindu rituals. Hindu devotees use to apply the powder on the forehead and other part of the body during the prayers and offering rituals.
The box is made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°621
Puja Vibhooti Box
Teck wood ash or « vibhooti » puja box carved with foliage.
Vibhooti is the sacred ash made of burnt dried wood or cow dung used for Hindu rituals. Hindu devotees use to apply the powder on the forehead and other part of the body during the prayers and offering rituals.
The box is made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°622
Spice Box
Spice box made of a single piece of teck wood comprised of 8 compartments and a top.
Ritual and Other Items N°623
Spice Box
Spice box made of a single piece of teck wood with floral carving , comprised of 5 compartments and a sliding top.
Ritual Items N°624
Puja Vibhooti Box
Teck wood ash or « vibhooti » puja box with a sliding top and 2 compartments.
Vibhooti is the sacred ash made of burnt dried wood or cow dung used for Hindu rituals. Hindu devotees use to apply the powder on the forehead and other part of the body during the prayers and offering rituals.
The box is made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°625
Puja Vibhooti Box
Spice box made of a single piece of teck wood with floral and lotus carving , comprised of 5 compartments and a sliding top.
Ritual and Other Items N°626
Cash Box
Rose wood (Indian palissander) cash box with 8 inner compartments carved with a lotus flower on top.
The container is made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°627
Offering Tray
Teck wood square offering tray originated from Tamil Nadu.
Made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°628
Offering Tray
Teck wood square offering tray originated from Tamil Nadu, carved with lotus flower.
Made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°629
Offering Tray
Teck wood square offering tray carved with lotus flower, originated from Tamil Nadu.
Made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°630
Offering Tray
Teck wood square offering tray carved with lotus flowers, originated from Tamil Nadu.
Made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°631
Book Stand
Teck wood book stand originated from Tamil Nadu.
Made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°632
Book Stand
Teck wood book stand originated from Tamil Nadu.
Made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°633
Book Stand
Teck wood book stand originated from Tamil Nadu.
Made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°634
Book Stand
Teck wood book stand originated from Tamil Nadu.
Made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°635
Set of 3 Kumkum Boxes
Series of Teck wood « kumkum Tikka »powder boxes originated from Tamil Nadu.
The Kumkum is a powder used all over India as religious marking. It is generally made from turmeric and other natural items. We generally find the powder used for the daily offerings or prayers in three colors, the white (from the ash) yellow and red from turmeric.
Each one is made of a single piece of wood comprises 3 compartments.
Ritual Items N°636
Set of 3 Kumkum Boxes
Series of Teck wood « kumkum Tikka »powder boxes originated from Tamil Nadu.
The Kumkum is a powder used all over India as religious marking. It is generally made from turmeric and other natural items. We generally find the powder used for the daily offerings or prayers in three colors, the white (from the ash) yellow and red from turmeric.
Each one is made of a single piece of wood and comprises 2 to 3 compartments.
Ritual Items N°637
Set of 4 Kumkum Boxes
Series of teck wood « kumkum Tikka »powder boxes originated from Tamil Nadu.
The Kumkum is a powder used all over India as Hindu religious marking. It is generally made from turmeric and other natural items. We generally find the powder used for the daily offerings or prayers in three colors, the white (from the ash) yellow and red from turmeric.
All the four boxes are made of a single piece of wood and comprises 2 to 5 compartments.
Ritual and Other Items N°638
Red Sandal Wooden Pot with Lid
Red santal wood ash or vibhooti box originated from Tamil Nadu.
Vibhooti is the sacred ash made of burnt dried wood or cow dung used. Hindu devotees use to apply the powder on the forehead and other part of the body during the prayers and Hindu rituals.
It is made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°639
Set of 3 Red Sandal Wooden Measures
Series of 3 red santal wood measures found in shops for accounting rice and other seeds.
They are made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°640
Set of 4 Red Sandal Wooden Pots
Series of 4 red santal wood measures found in shops for accounting rice and other seeds.
They are made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°641
Set of 4 Painted Wooden Pots and Bowl
Series of 4 painted teck wood coutainers originated from Kerala
They are made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°642
Set of 2 Teak Wood, Brass & Copper Rice Measures
Series of 2 teckwood rice measures with copper or brass straps.
They are made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°643
Set of 2 Painted Wooden Pots
Series of 2 teckwood painted countainers originated from Kerala.
They are made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual and Other Items N°644
Set of 5 Wooden Pots
Series of 5 small teckwood countainers originated from Kerala.
They are made of a single piece of wood.
Ritual Items N°646
Set of 2 Thanjavur Lalai Thattu
Brass Tanjore Art Plate/Thanjavur Lalai Thattu with Shivanataja and Gajalaxmi.
Ritual Items N°647
Set of 2 Bronze Incense Burners
Bronze incense burner trays originated from Kerala, used in Hindu rituals.
Ritual and Other Items N°648
Set of
4 Brass Betel Nut Cutters
Series of bronze areca nut cutters originated form Tamil Nadu.
Areca nuts chewing, used in South East Asian, consisted of a mixture of areca nuts, tobacco, slaked lime and flavourings such as cloves, rolled up in a betel leaf.
Ritual Items N°649
Set of 3 Brass Puja vessel
Series of 3 copper and brass offering vessel used for pooring the holy water on the Hindu divinities during the rituals.
Ritual Items N°650
Brass Oil Lamp
Tamil Oil lamp used at the occasion of the rituals of the mariage.
Ritual Items N°651
Brass Incense Burner
Bronze incense burner stand representing a naga used during the Hindu rituals, Kerala.
Ritual Items N°652
Set of 3 Brass Incense Burners
Bronze incense burner trays, Kerala, used in Hindu rituals.
Description de la collection, référence Beaubourg, Daniel Cordier….