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Subject Dancers Material Type Photographs Level [40] File

1. 1783.cc.11(178)

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

2. 1783.cc.11(182)

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

3. 1789.a.13, 1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
1789.a.13, 1(9)
Title:
Nubische Tänzerinnen [Nubian dancing girls]. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Portrait of two Nubian dancing girls, reclining on a couch.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

4. 1789.a.13, 1(10b)

Reference (shelfmark):
1789.a.13, 1(10b)
Title:
Tanzende Gawazieh. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a young woman, posed in a dancing attitude.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

5. 1789.a.13, 1(13a)

Reference (shelfmark):
1789.a.13, 1(13a)
Title:
Nubische Tänzerin. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Half-length seated portrait of a Nubian dancing girl.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

6. 1789.a.13, 1(13b)

Reference (shelfmark):
1789.a.13, 1(13b)
Title:
Chartumer Tänzerin. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait of a dancing girl from Khartoum, with cicatricing on cheeks and torso.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
1 item

7. P.P.1931.k, 5(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
P.P.1931.k, 5(79)
Title:
Hindoo dancing girls. Photographer: Scott, Allan Newton
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Stereoscopic view of a group of dancing girls, with descriptive text, p. 79. Published in part no. 77, November 1864. Not published in Scott's 'Sketches in India; taken at Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the Madras Presidency' (Lovell Reeve, London, 1862), altho...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 20(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(27)
Title:
Monastic dancers at Tongsa Jong [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of three costumed dancers, standing in a courtyard of the dzong, holding drums and cymbals. This photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 444), with the following caption: 'Lamas in their gorgeous silk vestments - Tongsa Jon...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 20(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(28)
Title:
Devil dancers—Tongsa Jong [Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait of a group of costumed dancers and musicians gathered in a courtyard in the dzong at Tongsa. The photograph was also used in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 439), with the following caption: 'A group of masked dancers—Tongsa-Jo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 70(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 70(3)
Title:
Burmese zat pway. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
General view of dance in progress, with group of European spectators standing in background. The zat pwe performance incorporates singing, dancing and drama.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s-1890s
Extent:
1 item