Title(s)

Two unknown women in traditional dresses from the Kanet community of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1122D-40

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘(213)’
• inscription: ‘KUNYT WOMEN./ HINDOO AND BUDDHIST./ SIMLA.’

Description

De Kanet-gemeenschap is ook bekend als Kunait.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Shimla

Dating

c. 1859 - in or before 1869

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 114 mm × width 95 mm

What

• human races; peoples; nationalities
• folk costume, regional costume

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan Volume four (RP-F-2001-7-1122D)