IDNO

P.60766.HUT

Description

Three women standing next to their fishing nets. Two earthen vessels, one decorated on the shoulder and the rim are also placed near the nets. The women are bare chested and wear fisherman’s hats.

Place

S Asia; India; South India; Cochin State

Cultural Affliation

Pulayar [Pulaya]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Iyer, L.K. Ananthakrishna

Date

Collection Name

Hutton Collection

Source

Ananthakrishna Iyer, L. K.Hutton, John Henry

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.60761.HUT to P.60792.HUT were found inside the envelope now numbered C291/1/6/. This came from C291/1/ which was found inside C291/. The latter was kept in from Wooden Drawer IV.

Expedition: The photographs were taken during Ananthakrishna Iyer’s ethnographical survey of the Cochin State.

Bibliography Reference: The caste Pulaya forms monograph 6 in the series published in 1906. See Bibliography.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Sudeshna Guha, 2003]