[Rafai fakirs, Hyderabad. Fakir posed in act of extruding eyeball.] Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of young man seen in print 33, posed in the act of levering his right eyeball from its socket. [Sepia-toned bromide print, 223x271mm]. Subjects = Hunt Collection; Rafai Fakirs; religion; religion (Islam); religious observances (Islamic); rites and custo...
[Military review, possibly of the Assam Light Horse, Assam, c. 1904.] Photographer: Kapp, Fritz
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Possibly taken during the Jorhat Races of March 1904. [Gelatin silver print, 282x228mm]. Subjects = Assam Valley Light Horse; Hunt Collection; Indian Army; military (general); military parades; military reviews
[Group at excavation site, Raigir XX, Hyderabad State.] Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
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Genre: Portrait Photography European group and Indian labourers gathered round excavated pit, which appears to contain a cist (stone burial chamber). The back of the prints has some pencilled notes relating to the processing of the photograph. [Silver printing-out paper stereoscopic print, 158...
[Excavated cist tomb (opened) at Bowenpilly, Hyderabad State.] Photographer: Hunt, Edmund Henderson
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Genre: Landscape Photography Cist tomb seen in prints 16-17, with top and side slabs removing, showing human remains inside. [Gelatin silver print, 153x107mm]. Subjects = archaeological excavations; archaeological finds; archaeological sites; archaeology; cists; human remains; pottery