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11. 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

12. Photo 972, 3(162)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(162)
Title:
Lama. Buddhist priest. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'The priest is represented sitting at his devotions...In his right han he holds the wooden cylinder, which he rattle for prayer, and at the same time rings the bell in his left hand. Before him is a brass dish or platter...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 972, 3(166)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(166)
Title:
Diljan. Bazar woman. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length seated portrait, background painted out. Oval image. 'Diljan, the 'heart of life', is, like Wuzeerun, a Mahomedan courtezan. Her dress is s black tunic, black silk trowsers, and Cashmere shawl.' Subjects = ethnic groups; occupations; printed books...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 972, 3(173)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(173)
Title:
A Patar. Dehra Doon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image, some fading. 'This woman is a resident of the interior of Gurhwal, and by designation a Patar. The word 'Patar' involves no caste distinction: it is the Hindi term for courtezan or prostitute, but it is employed to desig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Photo 972, 3(157)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(157)
Title:
A zemindar. Goojur landholder. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait, seated on ground. 'Although the person is termed a zemindar or landholder, he appears from his costume to be an ordinary peasant. He is enveloped in a thick ruzzai or padded quilt, which covers the whole of his person. In his right hand is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 972, 3(163)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(163)
Title:
Itinerant lama. Buddhist priest. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of seated figure. Oval image, faded. 'He is from Yarkund, in Tartary, on a pilgrimage to ancient Buddhist shrines in India, subsisting on the charity Hindoos, and perhaps Mahomedans also. In his right hand is the usual cylindrical prayer ra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 972, 3(165)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 3(165)
Title:
Wuzeerun. Bazar woman. Mahomedan. Saharunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. Oval image. 'This photograph represents a Mahomedan bazar woman, or professional courtezan. Her dress is a yellow tunic, green silk trowsers, and red Cashmere shawl. There is little to be said for women of this class, who exist unde...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

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