[Portrait of two unidentified males, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
One of a series of portrait studies of individuals and groups from Eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh and Assam) taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s.
[Group of fakirs or religious mendicants, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group portrait of Hindu ascetics taken by an unknown photographer in the early 1860s. The three vertical lines painted on the foreheads in ash and sandalwood on some of the men indicate that these members of the group are followers of Vishnu, members of the Vaishnavite branch of Hinduism.
[Portrait of an unidentified man, Eastern Bengal.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait, taken in the open air, of a representative of an unidentified tribal group, posed with a stave and a musical instrument. He wears an ornate piece of headgear of many layers.