Musicians with khole, kartal and singeh, Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three musicians, posed in front of a European building, with a khole (type of drum), kartala (small cymbals) and singeh (curved horn).
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group with instruments seated in front of the same building seen in print 5755. The instruments are identified as two types of drum (nagara and damama), a cymbal-like instrument (kartala), and two types of oboe-like wind instruments (sahanai).
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of musicians (the same figures seen in print 5756, and posed in front of the same building), with instruments. These are identified as a small pair of drums (tabla), three oboe-like instruments (sahanai) and small cymbals (manjira).
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group posed in front of house also seen in prints 5755-5757. The instruments seen are identified as drums (dhaka, dhole, kara, jaya jhampa, nagara and Tashar), and the oboe-like sahanai.