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Indian merchants, Bombay

The men, who can be identified as Hindus due to the tilak mark on their foreheads, are sitting on armchairs or posing standing up. A chest of drawers can be seen on the right-hand edge of the picture, on which stands a figure on horseback. The men are all wearing a moustache and turban. The man at the back left of the picture is carrying a book and a watch (?). Three men are wearing a pearl earring in their upper right ear. Group portrait of 5 men and a child in a photo studio.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Photography
Dimensions
Height: 27,8 cm
Width: 22 cm
Height: 31,6 cm
Width: 48,1 cm
Material/Technique
Cardboard box
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII C 1492

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1870 - 1879
    where
    India
    Maharashtra
    Bombay
    who
    Bourne & Shepherd - Photographers
  • Collecting
    who
    Riebeck, Emil - Collectors
    Königliches Kunstgewerbe-Museum Berlin - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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