Art, Symbol & Imagination
Rama Entrusts His Signet-Ring to Hanuman
Original caption: Rama’s Signet-Ring delivered to Sita
Rama sits beneath trees and extends a small ring towards the standing Hanuman. Their hands meet at the centre of an otherwise quiet forest scene. The printed title describes Rama sending his signet-ring to Sita: the image shows the token being entrusted to the messenger who will carry it. Venkatappa makes a small object connect the seated sender, the departing envoy and the absent person for whom it is intended.
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K. Venkatappa. "Rama Entrusts His Signet-Ring to Hanuman" [source caption]. In Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists, Sister Nivedita and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Original scan, 1914, George G. Harrap & Co.. Source scan leaf 93. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/hindu-rama-ring-sita
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Title from the printed caption. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Artist credited in the printed list of illustrations. Full source leaf and the adjacent narrative reviewed; historical scan colour and texture retained.
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K. Venkatappa. Rama Entrusts His Signet-Ring to Hanuman. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists. Scan leaf 93. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/hindu-rama-ring-sita