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1. Add MS 58773(122)

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Add MS 58773(122)
Title:
Nepaul woman, Darjeeling. Photographer: Paar, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 58773(129)

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Add MS 58773(129)
Title:
Lepcha man, Darjeeling. Photographer: Paar, Thomas
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Captioned and signed in the negative, 'Th. Paar.' Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 58773(131)

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Add MS 58773(131)
Title:
Types of Hindoos showing the contrast between them and the forgoing hill tribes as regards appearance, height and bearing. Photographer: Collings, Jesse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Snapshot of a uniformed orderly.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 58773(132)

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Add MS 58773(132)
Title:
Types of Hindoos showing the contrast between them and the forgoing hill tribes as regards appearance, height and bearing. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait of a woman and child carrying water pots on their heads.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 58773(133)

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Add MS 58773(133)
Title:
Types of Hindoos showing the contrast between them and the forgoing hill tribes as regards appearance, height and bearing. Photographer: Collings, Jesse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Snapshot of labourers carrying baskets of stone.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
1 item

6. ORB.30/5370(4)

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ORB.30/5370(4)
Title:
Koonbees or cultivators of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group portrait of five seated figures: 'The term Koonbi means cultivator, and is applied to all who plough land for the purpose of sowing wheat, gram, jowari, cotton, rice, etc. The Koonbies of Berar consist principally of the Heindri, and Gatula tr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

7. ORB.30/5370(5)

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ORB.30/5370(5)
Title:
Banias. Group No. 1. Lingaith Banias of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Circular image. Group portrait of four seated men: 'Lingaith Banias, so called from their having taken a vow to wear the ling of Mahadeo always round their necks. The ling is usually enclosed in a silver case, which may be noticed in the illustration ... If by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

8. ORB.30/5370(6)

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ORB.30/5370(6)
Title:
Banias. Group No. 2. Komtees or ordinary Banias. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Portrait of two men, seated on the ground in front of a two-wheeled wooden cart, with baskets of grain laid out in front of them. See also note at print 5.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

9. ORB.30/5370(7)

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ORB.30/5370(7)
Title:
Gosaies. Group No. 1. Gosains. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of three men, seated cross-legged on a tiger skin: 'Gosaies may be of any caste except that of Brahmin. They wear usually a red dhooti, and a red cloth over their shoulders; and live upon charity, or the offerings distributed at the temples erected to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

10. ORB.30/5370(8)

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ORB.30/5370(8)
Title:
Gosaies. No. 2. Gosai. Cotton merchant Omraoti. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a man, seated cross-legged: 'The Gosai in No. 2, is believed to be the most opulent of the cotton merchant located at Omraoti, and is said to be worth half a million sterling...' For another copy, see Photo 993(8).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item