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Title	"Elephant with the holy tooth of Buddha." [Caption on mount]. - "The bearer of the tooth relic. Kandy Temple. Ceylon." [Caption on image].
Type of title	translation
Original caption	"Elefant mit dem heil. Zahn des Buddha." [Legend bei Bild]. - "The bearer of the tooth relic. Kandy Temple. Ceylon." [Legende im Bild].
Description	Annotation translation: "Elephant being led out with the holy tooth to take part in a procession. The famous relic of the holy tooth is kept in a temple in the town of Kand on the isle of Ceylon. It is supposed to be a tooth of the Buddha, which is kept there carefully as a valuable relic. Once a year the relic is carried through the town in a magnificent procession. On the photograph we see the richly decorated elephant who carries a little temple in which the tooth is preserved."; Annotation: "Elefant wird mit dem heil. Zahn zur Prozession geführt. Auf der Insel Ceylon findet sich in der Stadt Kandy der Tempel, der die berühmte Reliquie des heiligen Zahnes birgt. Es handelt sich dabei um einen angeblichen Zahn Buddhas, der dort als wertvolle Reliquie aufbewahrt wird. Einmal im Jahr wird der Zahn in grossartiger Prozession durch die Stadt getragen. Wir sehen auf dem Bild den Elefanten, der reichgeschmückt ein kleines Tempelchen trägt, in dem die Reliquie aufbewahrt ist."; Note: Publiziert (HB 1939, Nr. 3: Titelbild).; Note translation: Published (HB 1939, Nr. 3: title page).; Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Subject (bmpixs)	adornment Buddhism animal driver m elephant elephant, representation of procession public gathering religious festival sacral object stairway stone construction temple tooth umbrella wall decoration
Geographic subject (country)	Sri Lanka {modern state}
Coverage date	1926-09-01/1938
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1926-09-01/1938
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 13.8 x 8.7 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m24003
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of official series	India. III. B. Religion. 1. Ceremonies, vehicles for the deities, festivals for the deities, festival pilgrims. 2. Sanyasi, fakirs, diviners, snake-charmers, brahmins, bhutan-dancers etc., 3. Badaga funerals, Badaga and Toda temples, 4. Islam, Judaism.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	C-30.84.094
Rights	All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images -- both individuals and organisations -- to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Access conditions	Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
Repository name	mission21
Repository address	mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+4161 260 23 09), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Repository email	info@bmpix.org
Filename	impa-abmpix-3398
Archival file	impa_Volume40/impa-abmpix-3398.tiff

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