Mode of dressing hair [?Kashmir]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Rear view of two women, their hair arranged in strings of long plaits Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Kashmiris
Golas. Salt makers. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four figures, with basket of salt. For other copies of this print, see Photo 792 (2819) and The People of India, Photo 972/7 (351). Subjects = agricultural implements; Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Golas (caste); occupations; salt makers
Manipur polo players. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
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Group portrait of six Manipuris, dressed in polo clothes and holding sticks. Two of the group are mounted on stocky ponies. Exhibited Museum of Sydney, Encountering India, 16 May - 17 August 1997. Subjects = Elgin Collection; ethnic groups; Manipuris; polo; sports
Indian carriage & pair. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
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Two figures seated in a small two-wheeled carriage drawn by a pair of bullocks. Another copy of this photograph can be found in The People of India, vol. VII, plate 349 (Photo 972/7 (349)), where it used to illustrate the Guddees, a farming tribe of the North-West Provinces. The location is ther...