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551. Photo 15/10(52)

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Photo 15/10(52)
Title:
Banya's shop. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Banya or bunnea (petty trader) seated in the doorway of his shop, his scales in front of him. The photograph is used as illustration no. 184 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Duplicate at Photo 460 (52). Subjects = banyas; Elgin Collection; occupation...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

552. Photo 15/10(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(53)
Title:
Sansies. Delhi District. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of two women and a man of the Sansi tribe, a hereditary vagrant or criminal class. Photograph used as illustration no. 195 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Sansis; vagrants
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

553. Photo 15/10(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(54)
Title:
Snake charmers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two snake charmers blowing their pipes. Photograph used as illustration no. 205 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Subjects = Elgin Collection; entertainers; Jogis (caste); occupations; snake charmers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

554. Photo 15/10(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(55)
Title:
Shrofs. Money changer. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two men, seated with account books and piles of coins. Subjects = Elgin Collection; money changers; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

555. Photo 15/10(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(56)
Title:
Embroiderer. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man seated cross-legged at his embroidery frame. Photograph used as illustration no. 188 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869), where it is captioned 'Scarfmaker'. Subjects = Elgin Collection; embroiderers; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

556. Photo 15/10(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(57)
Title:
Indian carriage & pair. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Two figures seated in a small two-wheeled carriage drawn by a pair of bullocks. Another copy of this photograph can be found in The People of India, vol. VII, plate 349 (Photo 972/7 (349)), where it used to illustrate the Guddees, a farming tribe of the North-West Provinces. The location is ther...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

557. Photo 15/10(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(58)
Title:
Goldsmith. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Goldsmith blowing on his furnace through a tube. Photograph used as illustration no. 186 in vol. IV of The People of India (1869). Subjects = Elgin Collection; goldsmiths; occupations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

558. Photo 15/10(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(59)
Title:
Tibetan women. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Tibetans
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
1 item

559. Photo 15/10(60)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(60)
Title:
Toda mund, villages & Todas, Neilgherries. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Todas (ethnic group)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

560. Photo 15/10(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 15/10(61)
Title:
Manipur polo players. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of six Manipuris, dressed in polo clothes and holding sticks. Two of the group are mounted on stocky ponies. Exhibited Museum of Sydney, Encountering India, 16 May - 17 August 1997. Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Manipuris; polo; sports
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

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