Portrait of an unknown man from the Musahar community of Bihar in eastern India, photograph, page, number: '(6)', inscription: 'MUSAHAR., LOW CASTE HINDOO., BEHAR.', Bihar, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, photographer, North India, paper, albumen print, height 157 mm x width 121 mm, human races, peoples, nationalities, A faded oval sepia photograph of a bare-chested person with short, uneven hair and a small topknot or tied strand at the back, facing slightly to the viewer's left; the person's facial features are visible in profile with a neutral expression, visible collarbones, shoulders, and upper chest, all framed against a light background and mounted on a pale sheet with a rectangular label area beneath the oval.
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Portrait of an unknown man from the Musahar community of Bihar in eastern India, photograph, page, number: '(6)', inscription: 'MUSAHAR., LOW CASTE HINDOO., BEHAR.', Bihar, c. 1858 - in or before 1868, photographer, North India, paper, albumen print, height 157 mm x width 121 mm, human races, peoples, nationalities, A faded oval sepia photograph of a bare-chested person with short, uneven hair and a small topknot or tied strand at the back, facing slightly to the viewer's left; the person's facial features are visible in profile with a neutral expression, visible collarbones, shoulders, and upper chest, all framed against a light background and mounted on a pale sheet with a rectangular label area beneath the oval.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B03_457

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Portrait unknown man Musahar community Bihar eastern India photograph page number 6 inscription Musahar Low Caste Hindoo Behar c 1858 - 1868 photographer North India paper albumen print height 157 mm x width 121 mm human races peoples nationalities faded oval sepia photograph bare-chested person short uneven hair small topknot tied strand back facing slightly viewer's left person's facial features visible profile neutral expression visible collarbones shoulders upper chest framed light background mounted pale sheet rectangular label area beneath oval

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