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211. Photo 972, 2(95)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(95)
Title:
Dundee. Hindoo devotee. Benares. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a man holding a staff and a pot. 'Dundees, one of the sects of Hindoo religious devotees, are to be found in all places held sacred by Hindoos, especially in the city of benares. They hold no occupation, but pass their days in d...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

212. Photo 972, 1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(7)
Title:
Rujwar. Low caste Hindoo. Behar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders half-profile portrait. Oval image, faded. 'Rujwars, or Rajwars, are a race, supposed (like the Boonyas, with whom they have much in common) to be aboriginal. They occupy the south-eastern hills of Behar...They have taken to a vagabond life; a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

213. Photo 972, 1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(10)
Title:
Rajbansi. Aboriginal, now Hindoos. Behar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Rajbansis; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

214. Photo 972, 1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(11)
Title:
Rajbansis. Aboriginal, now Hindoos. Behar. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two men, one standing in profile, one seated. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Rajbansis; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

215. Photo 972, 1(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(21)
Title:
Korewah group. Aboriginal. Chota Nagpoor. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three men, posed with bows and arrows. Reproduced as a lithograph , plate 30, in Edward Tuite Dalton, Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal (Calcutta, 1872). Subjects = arms and armour; bows and arrows; ethnic groups; Korewahs; printed books; Watson and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

216. Photo 972, 1(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 1(55)
Title:
Bhotia female. Buddhist. Near Lhassa, Tibet. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length full-face portrait of a woman knitting. Oval image. Subjects = Bhutias (ethnic group); ethnic groups; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 1, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

217. Photo 972, 2(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(68)
Title:
Goorung group. Military tribe. Nipal. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of three figures. The man standing on the right, holding an umbrella, is the figure seen in print 67. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; Goorungs (ethnic group); printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1861
Extent:
1 item

218. Photo 972, 2(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(76)
Title:
Moormi group. Tibetans. Nipal. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Moormis; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 2, 1868)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1861
Extent:
1 item

219. Photo 972, 2(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(77)
Title:
Moormi group. Tibetans. Nipal. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two men, posed with pick-axes in front of a rock. These figures appeare to have been photographed at the same location as print 57. Oval print. Subjects = ethnic groups; Moormis; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75);...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1861
Extent:
1 item

220. Photo 972, 2(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(97)
Title:
Mirzapore hillman. Supposed aboriginal. Mirzapore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a man, shading himself with an umbrella. Oval image, poor quality. 'The inhabitants of the Mirzapore Hills, which form portion of the north-eastern extremity of the great Vindhya range...are supposed to be aboriginal, and connec...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item