Title(s)

Group portrait of warriors from the Bhil tribe of Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, India

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1122G-37

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘377.’
• inscription: ‘BHEELS OF THE VINDHYAN RANGE./ MALWAH./ CENTRAL INDIA.’

Artist

• James John Waterhouse (possibly)

Place

Malwa

Dating

Jun-1862

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 123 mm × width 168 mm

What

• human races; peoples; nationalities
• armour
• firearms: rifle
• archer's weapons: bow

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 seven (RP-F-2001-7-1122G)