Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30287
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030287
Alternate number:
JA-3 (previous number (collector's original number)) and TEMP 2017.185 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
4 X 5" Black and white negative of a priest of the sun god (Aditya?) Hoefler's original description: "Jaipur, Rajputana, India. The priest who attends to the wants of the sun god. In a country where poverty and half-starvation are the lot of the majority of the people, being a priest has many advantages. During the annual procession all the priest has to do is to wave some colored sticks and lighted candles in front of the sun god's face, and between times, to gather in the coins and assorted vegetables that are cast by the multitudes at the feet of the god. Later, after returning to the temple, the old man can be found counting the coins and sorting the carrots from the cabbages and potatoes. One ripe tomato had flown a little high and the bright red spot left by its landing decorated his white flowing beard." (Prints Supplied To: Mondiale, London; International News.)
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Temple of the Sun, Jaipur, Rajputana, India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1930s
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Place depicted:
Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Function:
7.0 Use not specified (Communication, Records, Currency, and Measures)
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30287, described as 4 X 5" Black and white negative of a priest of the sun god (Aditya?) Hoefler's original description: "Jaipur, Rajputana, India. The priest who attends to the wants of the sun god. In a country where poverty and half-starvation are the lot of the majority of the people, being a priest has many advantages. During the annual procession all the priest has to do is to wave some colored sticks and lighted candles in front of the sun god's face, and between times, to gather in the coins and assorted vegetables that are cast by the multitudes at the feet of the god. Later, after returning to the temple, the old man can be found counting the coins and sorting the carrots from the cabbages and potatoes. One ripe tomato had flown a little high and the bright red spot left by its landing decorated his white flowing beard." (Prints Supplied To: Mondiale, London; International News.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30287, described as 4 X 5" Black and white negative of a priest of the sun god (Aditya?) Hoefler's original description: "Jaipur, Rajputana, India. The priest who attends to the wants of the sun god. In a country where poverty and half-starvation are the lot of the majority of the people, being a priest has many advantages. During the annual procession all the priest has to do is to wave some colored sticks and lighted candles in front of the sun god's face, and between times, to gather in the coins and assorted vegetables that are cast by the multitudes at the feet of the god. Later, after returning to the temple, the old man can be found counting the coins and sorting the carrots from the cabbages and potatoes. One ripe tomato had flown a little high and the bright red spot left by its landing decorated his white flowing beard." (Prints Supplied To: Mondiale, London; International News.)Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30287, described as 4 X 5" Black and white negative of a priest of the sun god (Aditya?) Hoefler's original description: "Jaipur, Rajputana, India. The priest who attends to the wants of the sun god. In a country where poverty and half-starvation are the lot of the majority of the people, being a priest has many advantages. During the annual procession all the priest has to do is to wave some colored sticks and lighted candles in front of the sun god's face, and between times, to gather in the coins and assorted vegetables that are cast by the multitudes at the feet of the god. Later, after returning to the temple, the old man can be found counting the coins and sorting the carrots from the cabbages and potatoes. One ripe tomato had flown a little high and the bright red spot left by its landing decorated his white flowing beard." (Prints Supplied To: Mondiale, London; International News.)

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