IDNO

N.129673.HNL

Description

"Chinese dip-net. Beypore - S. India (Malalar)" [Hornell's annotation]

View of Chinese dip-net on the water in Beypore, India. [FC 25/11/2015]

A group of men watch over a Chinese dip net used for fishing in the Beypore River in Malabar. The fishing net is supported by wooden beams and a walkway into the river, around which canoe boats are moored. The image is from the same series: N.117062.HNL-N.117068.HNL. [HE 11/12/2012, Description from record N.117062.HNL, JD 15/2/2016]

Place

S Asia; India; Malabar Coast; Kerala; Kozhikode District; Beypur River [Calicut; Beypore]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Hornell, James

Collector / Expedition

Hornell, James

Date

?1905

Collection Name

Hornell Collection

Source

Hornell, Charlotte (Mrs)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.129670.HNL - N.129702.HNL were found unaccessioned in Drawer C.44.21 of the Photo Store, in a cardboard box, now numbered C718/.