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Subject Dancers Level [40] File

31. Photo 1167(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(27)
Title:
Monks at Key Monastery, Spiti, rehearsing for the annual cham or masked dance festival. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Monks at Key Monastery rehearsing for the annual cham or masked dance festival, an elaborate two-day rite of purification. Monks dressed in ancient brocade costumes and huge, often grotesque, wooden or papier maché masks enact events from the history of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the stages of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1996
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 1169(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(26)
Title:
Burmese Zat Poay. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard view, showing a Burmese dance performance (pwe).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. Photo 1192(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(55)
Title:
Sein Kho (famous dancer). Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Studio portrait. The dancer is posed holding a sword, with another figure in the costume of a court official or other dignitary standing to the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 1192(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(58)
Title:
Dancing girl. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Full-length standing studio portrait of an Indian dancing girl, posed with one hand on hip, the other raised to her forehead.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 1192(83)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(83)
Title:
Burmese Poay [pwe]. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Photographic copy of a Burmese painting depicting a pwe, or music and dance performance in progress.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 1192(126)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(126)
Title:
Burmese actress. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Full-length studio portrait of a Burmese actress, striking a dance pose.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 1192(127)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(127)
Title:
Burmese actress. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Full-length studio portrait of a Burmese actress, striking a dance pose.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item