Caption

Portrait of an unknown woman from the Kurukh community of Chota Nagpur in eastern India, photograph, page, The Kurukh community is also known as Oraon., inscription: 'ORAON COLE FEMALE., ABORIGINAL., CHOTA NAGPOOR.', number: '(16)', photographer: Benjamin Simpson (possibly), Chota Nagpur, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, Jharkhand, paper, albumen print, height 159 mm x width 120 mm, human races, peoples, nationalities, A sepia-toned oval portrait of a young woman shown from the chest up, turned slightly to her left with a neutral expression, wearing a draped garment and multiple layered beaded necklaces, her hair styled up with a flower tucked near the top and decorative ear ornaments visible, set against a plain light background and mounted on a larger sheet of paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_418

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49.9Mb (5.1Mb) / 11.3in x 17.2in / 3386 x 5153 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait unknown woman Kurukh community Chota Nagpur eastern India photograph page also Oraon inscription Oraon Cole Female Aboriginal Chota Nagpoor number 16 photographer Benjamin Simpson c 1858 - 1868 Jharkhand paper albumen print height 159 mm x width 120 mm human races peoples nationalities sepia-toned oval portrait young woman shown chest up turned slightly left neutral expression wearing draped garment multiple layered beaded necklaces hair styled up flower tucked near top decorative ear ornaments visible set plain light background mounted larger sheet paper