Bombay (Mumbai): a Parsee (Parsi) "Tower of silence" where the bodies of the dead are exposed to vultures. Photograph.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
664500i
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[Bombay] [Mumbai] : [publisher not identified], [between 1800 and 1899?]

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1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 23 x 29.6 cm

Lettering

Parsee "Towers of silence" Bombay Lettering inscribed on mount

Reference

Wellcome Collection 6644799i

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