IDNO

P.99666.ACH2

Description

Full-length frontal studio portrait of two ‘East Indian Girls’, probably women under indenture in Guyana. Both women wear checked bandanas, saris over blouses and skirts, have bare feet, and are adorned with neck, nose, and wrist ornaments. The women on the left also wears large ornate ear ornaments, a neck ornament of metal? discs, and arm ornaments.

Place

S America; Guyana; ?Georgetwon

Cultural Affliation

Indian

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

1880 - 1910

Collection Name

?Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99643 to P.99673 are in A.173. The album was formerly kept in paper archive envelope WO6/1/12; Box 174. It has now been transferred to the photo archive.

Source: A stamp inside the album mentions it to be a Haddon gift.

This album has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [S. Guha 17/11/2004]