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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 964/2 Material Type Photographs

11. Photo 964/2(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(10)
Title:
Marathi Women of Bombay. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four women posed against a tree stump, with a photomontaged background of trees. 'The Marathas of Bombay are either natives of the island, or settlers or visitors from the Dakhan or Konkan. The women of the island and of the Konkan are certainly the mo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 964/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(11)
Title:
Kamathis [at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of two young men and a child, posed against a photomontaged background of the Ambaranatha Temple. 'The Kamathis are the agricultural Shudras of the Tailanga country, the language of which, commonly called the Telugu, is their vernacular. Several thousands...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 964/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(12)
Title:
Kamathi Women [at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Johnson, 'The oriental races and tribes...' (vol. 2, 1866); Kamathis (caste); photomontage; women
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 964/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(13)
Title:
The Kulis of the West of India [at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five men, posed with nets, oars, etc. and grouped round an upturned fishing boat, against a photomontaged background of the Bombay waterfront. 'The chief of the Sona Kulis resides at Alibagh, his progenitors, doubtless, having been distinguished aids t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 964/2(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(14)
Title:
Fishwomen of Bombay. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five women with baskets of fish, posed against a background that has been largely blanked out apart lightly sketched distant hills. 'The Kuli fishermen of Bombay do not retail the products of their nets, but employ the female members of their families,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 964/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(15)
Title:
The Agari Kulis of the Konkan [at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of two couples, posed against a photomontaged backdrop of the ruins of Bassein. The term agari, according to the letterpress, 'is applied to a class of Kulis, from their occupation in the production of salt, as well as the management of boats and other na...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 964/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(16)
Title:
Chambhars [at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two couple, posed against photomontaged background of a temple and trees. 'The Chambhars...are workers and dealers in skin and leather. Another name by which they are popularly known is that of Mochis, or makers of shoes, sandals, and sl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 964/2(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(17)
Title:
Mahars [at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of seven men and women, posed against a background which has been blanked out apart from lightly sketched-in foliage on the left-hand side. 'Many of them have entered the British Army, in which they make good soldiers, being often stronger and taller than...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 964/2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(18)
Title:
Mangs [at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of six men and women, posed against a background which, like print 17, has been blanked out apart from lightly sketched-in foliage on the left-hand side. 'In point of position the Mangs seem to be intermediate between the Mahars (or Parvaris) of the Marat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 964/2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 964/2(19)
Title:
Muhammadans of the Dakhan and Konkan [ at Bombay]. Photographer: Johnson, William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of five men, aranged against a photomontaged background of step hillside and a (presumably railway) viaduct. The parties represented in our photographs belong to the more respectable classes of the Muhammadan community...' Subjects = ethnic groups; John...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 item

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