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ORB.30/5370(2)
- Record Id:
- 040-003232234
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003232232
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867737.0x000b1e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- ORB.30/5370(2)
- Title:
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Marwaries. Group No. 1. Cotton merchants, Omraoti. Photographer: Mulheran, James
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Oval image. Group portrait of eight seated figures: 'This designation is applied to Banias, and others, who being natives of Marwar in Rajpootana, have settled in Berar, and in other parts of India, as bankers, cotton merchants, and wholseale, and retail dealers in grain. The more opulent are good looking, fair in complexion, and particularly neat in their dress, which consists of a muslin ungarka, dhooti, red puggri more or less bordered with gold thread, and a Delhi or Cashmere shawl of varying colours. Those photographed have nearly the whole cotton trade of the North Eastern portion of the Berar valley in their hands, and are said to possess large fortunes...' For another copy, in better condition, see Photo 993(2).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003232232
040-003232234 - Is part of:
- ORB.30/5370 : Photographs and notes descriptive of the tribes of Berar. Photographer(s): Mulheran, James
ORB.30/5370(2) : Marwaries. Group No. 1. Cotton merchants, Omraoti. Photographer: Mulheran, James - Hierarchy:
- 032-003232232[0002]/040-003232234
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: ORB.30/5370
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1861
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- c 1862
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 82 mm x 163 mm
Format: Printed Report
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Mulheran, James, 1817-1869