A young Indian man wearing many beads and makeup in a temple precinct. Photograph, ca.1900.

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 535786i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

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Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Indian portraits 1.
  - A young Indian man wearing many beads and makeup in a temple precinct. Photograph, ca.1900.535786i

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Description

The man is perhaps a sahdu, as his face is covered with ash

Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white photoprint

Series

Indian portraits.

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Lettering

Bears number: 430

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 535786i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.