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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972

151. Photo 972, 3(144)

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Photo 972, 3(144)
Title:
Gobind Doss. Bairagee, or Hindoo devotee. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged. 'Any Hindoo, from the Brahmin to the Sudra, can become a Bairagee. He has only to renounce the world, and take upon himself the vows of the order, and he is free to wander where he pleases, doing penance and pilgrimage...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

152. Photo 972, 3(145)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(145)
Title:
Sookha Khunjur. Hindoo peasant. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of man posed in the act of digging a fox out of its hole. Oval image. 'Sookha resides at Coel, where members of the the tribe have had their home for centuries past. They live by snaring wild animals, making ropes and twine, as well as brus...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

153. Photo 972, 3(146)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(146)
Title:
Runneea Jatne. Girl of Jat tribe. Allyghur. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. 'She is of the poorer orders, and earns a scanty subsistence by spinning thread...The specimen of female selected is not a happy one, as many of the Jat women are remarkably handsome, with fine figures; but it may have been very dif...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

154. Photo 972, 3(147)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(147)
Title:
Gunga Sahai. Brahmin (Hindoo). Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image. 'By his costume, the person represented would appear to be a Loukik, or secular Brahmin, with no pretensions to sanctity; he may be a secretary or teacher, or an officer in the Civil Service of Government...Brah...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

155. Photo 972, 3(148)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(148)
Title:
Naorung. Hindoo: Goojur tribe. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image, faded. 'Naorung is an inhabitant of Phuppoond, in the Meerut district, and belongs to the Goojur tribe, who form a large proportion of the population of the upper North-Western Provinces of India, and claim Rajp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

156. Photo 972, 3(149)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(149)
Title:
Dulleep Sing. Thugga Hindoo (originally Brahmins). Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length portrait, oval image. 'Duleep Sing is an inhabitant of Morta, in the Meerut district, and a Thugga. Thuggas are Hindoos by religion, and are regarded as being the offspring of an illicit intercourse between a Brahmin woman and a man of inferior cast...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

157. Photo 972, 3(150)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(150)
Title:
Roopram. Thugga Hindoo. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image. Subjects = ethnic groups; printed books; Thuggas (caste); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 3, 1868) Location = India; Meerut; Uttar Pradesh
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

158. Photo 972, 3(151)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(151)
Title:
Jat cultivator. Hindoo. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image, with some offsetting from letterpress onto print surface. 'Mohur Sing is a landholder, residing at Burote, in the Meerut district, and belongs to the large and important race called Jats...Mohur Sing is forty-ei...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

159. Photo 972, 3(152)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(152)
Title:
Dhokul Sing. Hindoo Jat. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image, with background painted out. 'Dhokul Sing is a Jat landholder...from the Goorgaob district.' Subjects = ethnic groups; Jats; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

160. Photo 972, 3(153)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(153)
Title:
Surongie. Hindoo follower of Parusnath. Meerut. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three-quarter length seated portrait. Oval image, somewhat faded. 'Shadi Seth is an inhabitant of Bhagput, a large town in the Meerut district, and belongs to the Surongie division of the Bunnya, or shopkeeping tribe, who are Jains.' Subjects = ethnic groups;...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item