1. Photo 124(55)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 124(55)
- Title:
- Dhuniya, Muhammadan cotton carders, Eastern Bengal. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
- This print is one of a series of portrait studies of individuals and groups from Eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh and Assam) taken in the 1860s. It shows a group of Muslim 'dhuniya' or cotton carders with the instruments of their trade. Although the word 'dhuniya' is Sanskrit in origin and the ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Unspecified
- Extent:
- 1 item
