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1. 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

2. 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

3. Photo 127(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 127(70)
Title:
Cashmere nautch girl. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of a reclining Kashmiri nautch girl. ethnic groups; Kashmiris;
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 394(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 394(16)
Title:
Natch girls of Srinugger, Cashmere. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Bourne no. 810.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1864
Extent:
1 item

5. 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

6. Photo 1183(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(14)
Title:
[Wayang Topeng group, Batavia (Jakarta)]. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '51' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio group of musicians, with two performers, a man and a women, standing facing each other in front. The man is masked. The photograph is also reproduced in Steven Wachlin, 'Woodbury and Page: Photogr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1183(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(17)
Title:
[Wayang dancers, Java.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '45' in pencil on mount. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Group portrait of four female wayang dancers, two seated and two standing in a pose from the dance, positioned before a wood-framed screen in front of a house,
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item