Photo 972, 7(366)

Genre: Ethnographical Photography

Portrait of man and woman. '...the excellent photograph of Lieutenant Waterhouse cannot be passed by, as the figures are so essentially characteristic and excellent. The man wears a red and white turban, awhite tunic and dhoty, and a red scarf over his shoulders. He is sitting on his feet closed together, a posture peculair to Brinjaries, leaning on his spear shaft, and his hookah stands by him; his sword is across his knees. He is five feet six inches in height, and thirty years old. The woman is Rattan, five feet two inches in height, and fifty years old, whose dress is thus detailed:-red printed sari, red petticoat, and blue waistband; she wears a great many ornaments, a gold or gilt ring through the nose, massive silver ear ornaments, silver and gold chains and neck ornaments, silver bracelets and anklets, and the high comb peculiar to the Brinjari women. Wherever they are met with all over India, the Brinjaries are the same; neither they, nor their costumes or occupation, alter in the least...'

Subjects = Brinjaris (ethnic group); ethnic groups; hookahs; printed books; rites and customs; tobacco; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 7, 1872)