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Indian birth ceremony and naming ceremony
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Indian birth ceremony and naming ceremony

1728 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with two depictions of Indian rituals, respectively a birth ceremony and a naming ceremony. Top: A child refuses to nurse from its mother. When the child refuses the breast for the third time, it is thrown into the Ganges. Bottom: The child receives a name during a ceremony in which it lies on a cloth. Below the depictions an inscription in French.

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Credit lineIndiase geboorteplechtigheid en naamceremonie. 1728. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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