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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972, 2

51. Photo 972, 2(105)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(105)
Title:
Kesarah Nutni. Low caste Hindoo. Allahabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'Kesarah belongs to the Hindoo caste called Nut, corresponding to the gipsies in Europe. Nuts are Hindoos of a very low caste, they will eat anything except garlic. Kesarah gains her livelihood by going about and dancing...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

52. Photo 972, 2(105a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(105a)
Title:
Sook Narain Pundit. Hindoo: MIsser Brahmin. Allahabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait. Oval image. 'Sook Narain belongs to the class of Brahmins called Misser, who are found almost all over India. Sook Narain is a high priest, and performs religious ceremonies for those who require his services...' Subjects = Brah...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

53. Photo 972, 2(106)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(106)
Title:
Khate Bishnoi. Hindoo mechanic. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait. Oval image. 'The Bishnoi is a common caste in the Moradabad district and in other parts of the North-Western provinces...Khate Bishnoi...is a Hindoo. His height is five feet seven and a half inches, and he is sixty-three ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

54. Photo 972, 2(107)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(107)
Title:
Mirassees. Mahomedan minstrels. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three figures, seated on a rug, with musical instruments: 'Mirassees, or minstrels, are not a reputable class of people, and are generally employed by dancing girls to play to them, when engaged to dance or sing at nautches...They are common in the dis...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

55. Photo 972, 2(108)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(108)
Title:
Booksa. Probably aboriginal. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait. Oval image. 'This tribe, who closely resemble the Tharoos...live entirely in the Terai forest; they are a quiet, shy race, keeping very much to themselves. In the rebellion, they showed themselves much attached to the Bri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

56. Photo 972, 2(109)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(109)
Title:
Bhat. Wandering minstrel. Mahomedan. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait. Oval image. 'The specimen photographed comes from Umroha, a town in Moradabad full of old and decayed Mahomedan families. The occupation of the Bhat shown in this photograph is the narration of family traditions and legen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

57. Photo 972, 2(110)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 2(110)
Title:
Gwal Nut. Hindoo: Nut tribe. Moradabad. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length standing portrait. Oval image, faded. Subjects = ethnic groups; Nuts (caste); printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 2, 1868) Location = India; Moradabad; Uttar Prad...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item