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Photo 268(5)
- Record Id:
- 040-003059660
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003059655
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025712784.0x000091
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157348024.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 268(5)
- Title:
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Mandalay. Group of Manipuri (Ponna) girls collected by Mr H.N. Hirjee to dance before H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Caption continues: 'The girls were all daughters of the leading men of their race in Mandalay and had never danced in public before.The dance was that performed by these people at their religious festivals in their mandats or temples. The girls are Hindus and represent the Gopinis dancing round Krishna. In the background is Quen Sup'ayalat's private palace.' The caption goes on to give details of the dancers' costumes. Duplicate, in better condition, at Photo 687 (57).
Subjects = dance; ethnic groups; Manipuris; pwes (Burmese dance performance); royal tours
Location = Burma; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003059655
040-003059660 - Is part of:
- Photo 268 : Temple Collection: Album of Burmese Views Photographer(s): Beato, Felice
Photo 268(5) : Mandalay. Group of Manipuri (Ponna) girls collected by Mr H.N. Hirjee to dance before H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003059655[0005]/040-003059660
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 268
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100157348024.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1889
- End Date:
- 1889
- Date Range:
- 26 Dec 1889
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known