IDNO

LS.100479.WHR

Description

On Catalogue Card: "India, S. Toda. 120.97
The puzhutpimi Funeral ceremony
In the centre is the corpse
The foremost man on the left is kneeling down preparatory to throwing earth.
W.H.R.R. fig. 49, p. 346"

See associated reference for detailed information of the photograph and from where it was procured.

Place

S Asia; India; South India; Nilgiri Hills

Cultural Affliation

Toda

Named Person

Photographer

Wiele & Klein Photograph Studio (Wiele, H.R.; Klein,Theodor)

Collector / Expedition

Rivers, William Halse Rivers

Date

?1902

Collection Name

Rivers CollectionTeaching Slide Collection

Source

Rivers, William Halse Rivers

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

It is not certain whether these lantern slides were part of Rivers bequest, or were already a part of the Museum’s teaching collection before Rivers died.

This record was updated during research supported by Getty Grant Program One.