Women gathering cowdung, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography The print is signed on the mount Shivashanker Narayen, Photographer. G.W. Terry dirext. Terry was head of the School of Art in Bombay.
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three box makers with examples of their trade (including carved and inlaid boxes and an album cover). A certificate of honorable mention awarded to Framjee Neerjeebhoy at the Paris Exhibition of 1867 is placed in the centre of the photograph. Photograph probabl...
Bhattia turban folders at work. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group at work, folding turbans using wooden model heads.Probably from the Vienna Exhibition, unsigned but possibly by Shivashanker Narayen.
Preparing sheepskins for tanning, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three men at work. The print is signed on the mount Shivashanker Narayen, Photographer. G.W. Terry dirext. Terry was head of the School of Art in Bombay.
Potter at work, showing method of spinning the wheel, Ahmadabad. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two potters seated at wheel, with a third figure in the background. The wheel is spun by pushing with a stick along the perimeter. Prints 4922-4926 all appear to be the work of the same photographer, and the prints were probably shown at an exhibition in Europe.