Ritual tax collection

This palm-leaf bundle contains details about the tax collection for festival from vellala kavuNTars by civakiri aatinham and contains personal names, village and amount collected. Additional information include village account details, financial transactions and details about the purchase of paddy seedlings.

Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Palmyra leaf (borassus flabellifer); central perforation; varying sizes: height 3cm, width 15cm to height 3 cm, width 40cm. Some palmleaves are partly damaged at both ends. 1 handwritten palmleaves bundle.

Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): no date.