Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30283
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030283
Alternate number:
JA-10 (previous number (collector's original number)) and TEMP 2017.181 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
Black and white negative of monkeys and a man at a temple dedicated to Hanuman. Hoefler's original description: "Jaipur, Rajputana, India. At the eastern foot of the hill, on which stands the Sun Temple, lies an ancient place of pilgrimage, called Galta, a narrow gorge filled with tiled tanks, temples and bathing ghats, that time has claimed for its own. Here a most famous temple was built to the monkey god, Hanuman, and here monkeys are sacred. Thousands of these creatures play among the ruins, and the photograph shows Jacqueline Hoefler feeding some of these. Notice the painting of the monkey god beneath one arch and also the other symbolic drawings." (Prints Supplied To: Mondiale, London; International News; Hills Brothers; Denver Post.)
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Jaipur, Rajputana, India, Sun Temple (Galta)
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
Dimensions:
whole— height 4 inches and whole— length 5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30283, described as Black and white negative of monkeys and a man at a temple dedicated to Hanuman. Hoefler's original description: "Jaipur, Rajputana, India. At the eastern foot of the hill, on which stands the Sun Temple, lies an ancient place of pilgrimage, called Galta, a narrow gorge filled with tiled tanks, temples and bathing ghats, that time has claimed for its own. Here a most famous temple was built to the monkey god, Hanuman, and here monkeys are sacred. Thousands of these creatures play among the ruins, and the photograph shows Jacqueline Hoefler feeding some of these. Notice the painting of the monkey god beneath one arch and also the other symbolic drawings." (Prints Supplied To: Mondiale, London; International News; Hills Brothers; Denver Post.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30283, described as Black and white negative of monkeys and a man at a temple dedicated to Hanuman. Hoefler's original description: "Jaipur, Rajputana, India. At the eastern foot of the hill, on which stands the Sun Temple, lies an ancient place of pilgrimage, called Galta, a narrow gorge filled with tiled tanks, temples and bathing ghats, that time has claimed for its own. Here a most famous temple was built to the monkey god, Hanuman, and here monkeys are sacred. Thousands of these creatures play among the ruins, and the photograph shows Jacqueline Hoefler feeding some of these. Notice the painting of the monkey god beneath one arch and also the other symbolic drawings." (Prints Supplied To: Mondiale, London; International News; Hills Brothers; Denver Post.)

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