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Photo 972, 4(223)
- Record Id:
- 041-003297873
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003297643
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x0002b4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 972, 4(223)
- Title:
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Kumhars. Potters. Hindoos. Lahore. Photographer: Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
'The photograph represents a Kumhar or potter at work, with his primitive instrument, the 'potter's wheel', which, and the wares he makes with it, have probably been unchanged since the earliest period of civilized influence in India. Beside him is an earthen pot, unglazed and made of coarse clay, such as are in daily use by millions, identical in form and material with those vessels dug out of cairns and cromlechs, which may be the remains of the most ancient Aryan invaders, or of a tide of invaders beyond the Aryans...Beside the figure on the right hand are a few earthen toys: specimens of those painted elephants, sheep, horses, male and female figures, images of gods and goddesses, small cups and vessels which are used in children's feasts - all rude, and displaying neither any perception of artistic form or execution, but still toys, as precious to the Hindoo, as their equivalents are to English children.'
Subjects = occupations; potters; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 4, 1869)
Location = Lahore; Pakistan; Punjab; Punjab (Pakistan)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003297643
040-003297823
041-003297873 - Is part of:
- Photo 972 : 'The People of India' (8 vols, London, 1868-75)
Photo 972, 4 : The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan.…
Photo 972, 4(223) : Kumhars. Potters. Hindoos. Lahore. Photographer: Unknown - Hierarchy:
- 032-003297643[0004]/040-003297823[0050]/041-003297873
- 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:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)