Cloth stamper, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Cloth stamper seated at a low table on the verandah of a house. This is probably the photograph shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and described in the catalogue as follows: 'Printing...This is done by wooden stamps, which are charged with the colouring ma...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three figures seated at work on a verandah. Probably an exhibition photograph, unsigned but possibly by Shivashanker Narayen.
Zunlozis, Gold lace makers, Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man seated at loom, watched by a figure seated at his side. The following letterpress description, probably extracted from an exhibition catalogue, is laid down on the page beneath the print: 'No. 6. - Zunlozis or scarf weavers. - These are sometime Mussulmans,...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three embroiderers seated at sewing frames. Probably an exhibition photograph, unsigned but possibly by Shivashanker Narayen.
Bhattia turban folders at work. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group at work, folding turbans using wooden model heads.Probably from the Vienna Exhibition, unsigned but possibly by Shivashanker Narayen.
Potters at work, near Karachi Photographer: Michie and Company
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Scene in a pottery, with two potters at their wheels, a man in the foreground and finished work stacked behind. This print is from the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and is described as follows: 'Photograph showing potters' yard, on the bank of the 'Lyaree' River, ...
Bombay potters at work. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two potters at work at their wheels, surrounded by finished work. Probably an exhibition print, unsigned but possibly by Shivashanker Narayen.
