Caption

Potrait of an unknown fisherman from the Mohana tribe with a net and a stone vessel, Sindh, Pakistan, photograph, page, inscription: 'MOHANA., FISHERMAN., SOONNEE MUSSULMAN., SIND.', number: '(337)', photographer: Henry Charles Baskerville Tanner (possibly), photographer: William Robert Houghton (possibly), c. 1862 - in or before 1872, paper, albumen print, height 145 mm x width 109 mm, fisherman, human races, peoples, nationalities, A sepia-toned oval photograph shows a barefoot man standing behind and among fishing equipment; he wears a wrapped cloth around his head and minimal cloth garments around his torso and waist, with a sash tied at the waist. The man grasps a tall wooden tripod or frame that extends above him, from which a suspended flat board and a hanging net with a wide mesh drape down in front of him and over the floor. A large rounded clay pot with a curved opening rests on the floor beside him, partially obscured by the net. The background is plain and darker inside the oval, contrasted with a lighter border outside it.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B04_050

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.6Mb (6.8Mb) / 10.8in x 20.0in / 3242 x 5990 (300dpi)

Keywords

Potrait unknown fisherman Mohana tribe net stone vessel Sindh Pakistan photograph page inscription Mohana Fisherman Soonnee Mussulman Sind number 337 photographer Henry Charles Baskerville Tanner William Robert Houghton c 1862 - 1872 paper albumen print height 145 mm x width 109 mm fisherman human races peoples nationalities sepia-toned oval photograph barefoot man standing fishing equipment wears wrapped cloth head minimal cloth garments torso waist sash tied man grasps tall wooden tripod frame extends suspended flat board hanging net wide mesh drape down front floor large rounded clay pot curved opening rests floor beside partially obscured background plain darker inside oval contrasted lighter border outside