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Subject Mussocks

1. 1784.a.10(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.10(9)
Title:
Raft of inflated skins. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a boatman, seated with inflated buffalo skins or 'mussocks,' beside the river (presumably the Beas).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur F267/15(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F267/15(17)
Title:
Timber traffic on the Ravi near Dalhousie. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View showing timber logs floating at the water's edge on the Ravi River, with a European and an Indian figure posed in the foreground, and other Indians posed on mussocks (inflated buffalo skins) behind.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(105)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(105)
Title:
Mussucks for crossing the Beas River, Kulu. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the river, with porters posed with inflated buffalo hides (mussocks), preparatory to crossing the stream. Bourne's dark-tent is under the tree, as is Dr George Rankin Playfair who accompanied Bourne on his third Himalayan trip.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1866
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1123/17(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1123/17(20)
Title:
Rafts at Tajewala. Photographer: L. Jwala Prasad
Scope & Content:
Raft and mussocks near bank of river.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1908
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1123/17(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1123/17(21)
Title:
Rafts at Tajewala. Photographer: L. Jwala Prasad
Scope & Content:
Rafts at riverside, with European figures posed next to a mussock (inflated ox skin) in foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1908
Extent:
1 item