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Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(178)
Title:: Divertissement de Batcha (danseurs) dans le vestibule d'une maison particulière [Samarkand]. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 178. Group of Batcha dancers performing in the vestibule of a private house. These young male dancers took the place of females in a culture where women could dance in public. On reaching adulthood, they quit the profession. The location is unspecified, but...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.11(182)
Title:: Afrasiab, le jour de la grande course du Sâli-Naou. Photographer: Krafft, Hugues
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Facing p. 182. Group portrait of a row of seated dignitaries, with a line of Batcha dancers kneeling in front of them. Afrasiab, to the north of the city, was the location for the buzkashi matches at Samarkand.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1898-1899
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(11)
Title:: Campement de bateliers Boliviens, s'embarquant dans le port de Manáos. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Bolivian boatmen and their families, posed on the bank of the Rio Negro at Manaus.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(12)
Title:: Bateliers Boliviens, s'embarquant dans le port de Manáos. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Riverside scene at Manaus, showing Bolivian boatmen and their families climbing aboard a large wooden canoe drawn up beside the bank of the Rio Negro.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(42)
Title:: Indien Bolivien à Manáos avec son vêtement, fait d'une pièce des fibres du Tururí, voir N. 20. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a Bolivian Indian man, standing against a bleached out background and displaying the tunic he wears, made from the fibre of the Tururi tree. The same figure also appears in print 43, there described as a Bolivian rower or boatman.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(43)
Title:: Manáos. Un groupe de rameurs Boliviens. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two Bolivian boatmen, one standing with his hand resting on the shoulder of the seated figure,who holds a woven mat. The seated figure is also the subject of print 42. Like that portrait, they are seen against a bleached-out background.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(48)
Title:: Une famille de bateliers Boliviens à Manáos. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of Bolivian boatmen with wives and children, one young woman recling in a hammock in the centre of the group. The figures are montages against a backdrop of a wattle fence in the courtyard of a house.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.10(26)
Title:: Married women of Spiti. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Peasant women and water pail.' Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of two women, posed in front of a wall. The figure on the left is positioned with her back to the camera, to illustrate the manner of carrying the wooden water bucket.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.10(27)
Title:: Strolling musicians. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Strolling musicians &c.' Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of sixteeen men, women and children, posed on a hillside in front of a wall.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1784.a.10(28)
Title:: Monks in procession. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Monks in procession.' Genre: Portrait Photography Large portrait group of monks, dressed for a ceremonial occasion, some with musical instruments, including horns and cymbals.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 1 item

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