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

Provenance and sources

when
1870 - 1879
where
India [Land]
Maharashtra [Bundesstaat]
Bombay [Stadt]
who
Bourne & Shepherd - Photographers

who
Riebeck, Emil - Collectors
Königliches Kunstgewerbe-Museum Berlin - Former Possessors

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