An Indian man with long hair, carrying a staff, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
- Date:
- [approximately 1900]
- Reference:
- 535788i
- Part of:
- The Fallaize Collection.
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Description
He is probably a sahdu, or wandering holy-man, although his face is not smeared with ash
Publication/Creation
[approximately 1900]
Physical description
1 photograph : black and white photoprint
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Bears number pencilled on verso: 1B
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This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 535788i
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.
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