Caption

Portrait of a soldier Nar Sing and his wife Chundi from the Bhil tribe of Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, India, photograph, page, inscription: 'BHEELS OF JHABOOA., CENTRAL INDIA.', number: '365.', photographer: James John Waterhouse (possibly), Jhabua, 1862, Central India, paper, albumen print, height 115 mm x width 79 mm, human races, peoples, nationalities, A sepia photograph framed by an arched top shows a standing man and a seated or slightly crouched person beside him against a plain backdrop; the man is draped in a wrapped cloth over one shoulder and wears a turban, holding a long curved object and another stick-like item across his body, while the person next to him is wrapped in patterned fabric with a hood covering the head and cradling a bundle, and both figures have bare feet with decorative bands visible on the lower legs of the seated person.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B04_059

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.6Mb (5.3Mb) / 8.6in x 16.1in / 2567 x 4841 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait soldier Nar Sing wife Chundi Bhil tribe Jhabua Madhya Pradesh India photograph page inscription Bheels Jhabooa Central India number 365 photographer James John Waterhouse 1862 paper albumen print height 115 mm x width 79 mm human races peoples nationalities sepia photograph framed arched top standing man seated slightly crouched person beside plain backdrop man draped wrapped cloth shoulder wears turban holding long curved object another stick- item across body person next wrapped patterned fabric hood covering head cradling bundle figures bare feet decorative bands visible lower legs seated person