NATHAM. DELUXE. SUPERIOR MATCHES. SAFETY MATCHES. 50'S PRICE 30 PS. INDRANI MATCH WORKS. O'METTUPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.185.003]

 

PHIRIKI (Also in Hindi Text). DELUXE. SUPERIOR MATCHES. SAFETY MATCHES. 40 STICKS. MR.P. RE. 1/- INCL. OF ALL TAXES. [Tamil Text]. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.253.001]

 

RAGAM. DAMP PROOF. SAFETY MATCHES. 50'S PRICE 18 PS. MANIKANDAN MATCH WORKS. THAYILPATTI. Colour printed matchbox label, horizontal, mid-late 20^th C, 5 cm x 3.5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [2.298.003]

 

TABLA, MATCH KING, 50’s PRICE 30 Ps., SAFETY MATCHES, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.144.005]

VEENA, REGD No. 275184, 50’s RETAIL PRICE 20 P., BHASKARAN MATCH WORKS, KOVILPATTI 627702, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.258.002]

VIOLIN, SAFETY MATCHES, MUMTAJ MATCH WORKS, KOVILPATTI, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.269.001]

VIOLIN, PRICE RE. 0-0-6, MANORANJITHA MATCH WORKS, SIVAKASI / PRICE Re. 0.03, NELSON MATCH COMPANY, ANAIYUR, Printed matchbox label, early-mid 20th c., 3.5 cm x 5 cm, Gautam Hemmady Collection, New Delhi, India. [11.269.005]

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Fig. 14: Battle between Krishna and Indra with Krishna mounted on Garuda and Indra, god of the heavens, mounted on Airavata, his white elephant vahana, after Krishna had stolen the celestial Parijata tree from Indra’s garden, textile label, circa 1900, 15.24 cm x 12.06 cm. Susan Meller Collection, California.

Fig. 15: Sree Bahucharaji, the patron goddess of the Indian hijra (transgender or intersex) community shown riding her rooster vahana, Ravi Varma Press print, 1920s, 35.56 cm x 25.40 cm. Susan Meller Collection, California.

Cover of the book LABELS of EMPIRE: Textile Trademarks. Windows into India in the time of the Raj.

Fig. 02: Chakram, magazine cover, c. 1952.

Fig. 03: Chakram, magazine cover, c. 1960.

Fig. 13: Ganga the four-armed river goddess is the holy river Ganges personified, her vahana is the legendary makara – a hybrid creature with the head of an elephant or crocodile and the body of a fish or river dolphin, late 19th century, 12.70 cm x 10.80 cm. Susan Meller Collection, California.

Fig. 01: N. J. Golibar, the father of H. N. Golibar, on the cover of a memorial volume.