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Photo 972, 3(159)
- Record Id:
- 041-003297808
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003297643
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x000273
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 972, 3(159)
- Title:
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Jumna. Hindoo boy dressed as Krishna. Saharaunpoor. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Full-length portrait, seated cross-legged. Oval image. 'Jumna is a native of the Boolundshahur district, about twelve years of age. He is here represented as dressed, during the annual fair at Hurdwar, torepresent Kuniya, or Krishna...He is seated upon a wooden platform on the 'Hurka Pairee' or sacred steps leading down to the Ganges, with a brass dish (called a thalie) placed before him, and begs charity from the visitors at the fair. He is by caste a Brahmin and a vegetarian. On his head he wears a cap surmounted by a circular fan of peacock's feathers. He is richly dressed in silk, with a heavy gold embroidered shawl cast over him,; under him is a cotton carpet, which covers the platform.' This photograph is presumably a studio recreation of the scene.
Subjects = beggars; Brahmins (caste); ethnic groups; Hindu deities; Krishna images; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 3, 1868)
Location = India; Saharanpur; Uttar Pradesh
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003297643
040-003297759
041-003297808 - Is part of:
- Photo 972 : 'The People of India' (8 vols, London, 1868-75)
Photo 972, 3 : The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan.…
Photo 972, 3(159) : Jumna. Hindoo boy dressed as Krishna. Saharaunpoor. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003297643[0003]/040-003297759[0049]/041-003297808
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 972
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1860
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1860s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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