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231. Photo 1000/66(5764)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/66(5764)
Title:
Group of Kota musicians and dancers, Nilgiri hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Variant of plate XVIII of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873). For another copy of this print, see Photo 1000 (4398).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

232. Photo 1152(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1152(22)
Title:
Egyptian dancing girl. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait, posed against a painted backdrop, of a dancing girl and a second woman seated with a drum.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

233. Photo 1161(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1161(78)
Title:
Musicirende Iapanerinnen. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait of three Japanese women, seated on tatami mats, playing musical instruments.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

234. Photo 1164(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1164(48)
Title:
[Portrait of a Japanese dancer and musician.] Photographer: Tamamura, Kohzaburo
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait, taken against a painted backdrop, of two young Japanese women, one standing in a dance attitude, the other seated on the floor accompanying her on a stringed instrument.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item

235. Photo 1166/1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1166/1(19)
Title:
Mehtar of Chitral and his band. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Snapshot of the Mehtar's band, seated in front of spectators at the Malakand Games of 1913. The Mehtar of Chitral, Shuja-ul-mulk, stands with his back to the camera among the group in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

236. Photo 1166/2(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1166/2(32)
Title:
Polo players from Chitral. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of four polo players, seated on horseback, with attendant musicians with drums and pipes standing in front. Prints 29-32 are all taken at the same location and presumably on the same occasion (possibly at Chitral?).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910-1920
Extent:
1 item

237. Photo 1167(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(45)
Title:
Wedding festivities at Kibber, Spiti: a member of a group of musicians sleeping below the head of a butchered yak after the first night of the wedding. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A member of a group of musicians sleeping after the first night of a traditional wedding in Kibber. The musicians have been playing for nearly twenty four hours, working and sleeping in relays, and are exhausted and drunk. The head of a yak that was butchered for the wedding, is part of the tra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1998
Extent:
1 item

238. Photo 1167(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(48)
Title:
A party of Buchen, travelling religious performers, leaving the village of Lidang on their way to Lara, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'A party of Buchen, travelling religious performers, leaving the village of Lidang on their way to Lara. Buchen can be away from their homes in Pin Valley for months at a time. The sound of Buchen calling back to the villagers echoes through the silence' (Patrick Sutherland).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2004
Extent:
1 item

239. Photo 1169(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(26)
Title:
Burmese Zat Poay. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard view, showing a Burmese dance performance (pwe).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

240. Photo 1183(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(13)
Title:
Native Dancing Girls [Semarang]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of children, standing in front of a mansion, in costume for a 'dancing performance at Kebun Dalem, the residence of the Majoor China Be Biauw Tjoan in Semarang. The children are dressed up in different clothing styles, however not in the style of the J...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1867
Extent:
1 item

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