Shaven Head Collection

Watta Raka Anunayaka Farunansa, Buddhist head priest, Ceylon, 1898. Portrait of a shaven-headed priest of the Buddha temple at the Malwathu Maha Viharaya, a monastery in Kandy

Bonzes de la Grande Pagode, 1866. Creator: Emile Gsell
Bonzes de la Grande Pagode, 1866

Vamana being blessed by King Bali, ca. 1780s. Creator: Unknown
Vamana being blessed by King Bali, ca. 1780s. The prince holds his hands forward for ritual purification

Nim - a Siamese grandmother, Bangkok, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Nim - a Siamese grandmother, Bangkok, 1898. Portrait of an elderly woman with a shaved head. Nim, eine Siamesische Grossmutter

Buddhist monk, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Buddhist monk, Ceylon, 1898. Malwatte Wihare Tibetuari bodieihe Malot unansi. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

A barbers shop in Tunis, 1875. Artist: John Evan Hodgson
A barbers shop in Tunis, 1875. A print from the The Graphic, (3 July 1875)

Two female French collaborators, Chartres, France, 1944. The two, a mother and her daughter, both have shaven heads, the usual punishment meted out to women believed to be guilty of collaborating

Egyptian statuette of Ptah
Bronze and gilt statuette of Ptah

A commemorative stela from the Marduk Temple in Babylon. Although it looks like a Kudurra/boundary stone, it was in fact set up by a son in honour of his father. Both have the shaven heads of priests

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