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Photo 972, 6(340)
- Record Id:
- 041-003298001
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003297643
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x000334
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 972, 6(340)
- Title:
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Dancing girl. Hindoo. Sind. Photographer: Tanner, Henry Charles Baskerville
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Photograph probably by Tanner, possibly by William Robert Houghton. Oval image. Full-length standing portrait: 'The principal class of dancing women in Sind is called Kanyari. Each has her own house, and is usually married pro forma to one of her musicians; but all are courtezans. Dancing women attend, as an indispensable part of the ceremony, all festive rejoicings public and private, and are rewarded according to their skill and reputation...The figure represented is in undress. She wears the ordinary under shift embroidered, full loose trousers, and a scarf over all. On her arms are the curious ivory rings, which reach from the wrist nearly to the elbow, and are worn instead of the glass bangles used by the women of India. On her ancles she has heavy gold or silver bangles, worn over her trousers.'
Location = Pakistan; Sindh
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003297643
040-003297930
041-003298001 - Is part of:
- Photo 972 : 'The People of India' (8 vols, London, 1868-75)
Photo 972, 6 : The People of India. A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan.…
Photo 972, 6(340) : Dancing girl. Hindoo. Sind. Photographer: Tanner, Henry Charles Baskerville - Hierarchy:
- 032-003297643[0006]/040-003297930[0071]/041-003298001
- 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:
- 1861
- End Date:
- 1862
- Date Range:
- 1861-1862
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Tanner, Henry Charles Baskerville, 1835-1898
- Subjects:
- Clothing and Dress
Dancers
Nautch Girls
Occupations
People
Women