IDNO

D.177168.HNL

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.137961.TC1: India. 35.24. 38. 23. India
Drawing of man in earthenware "tigari" Eastern Bengal.
(See Hornell "Water Transport" fig. 9.).

"A Bengal tigari. A coracle-like basin of earthenware (After B. Prasad)." [Hornell's caption]

Place

S Asia; India; Eastern Bengal; Padma River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

After Prasad, B. (Dr) [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

Hornell, James

Date

pre 1946

Collection Name

Hornell Collection

Source

Hornell, Charlotte

Format

Drawing

Primary Documentation

Other Information

D.177164.HNL - P.177194.HNL were located in an Illingworth box, now numbered C665/.

Publication: Image published in 'Hornell, James. "Primitive Types of Water Transport in Asia: Distribution and Origins." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, no. 2, 1946, pp. 124–141. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25222102.', Text fig. 3, and captioned: "A Bengal tigari, a coracle-like basin of earthenware. (After Dr. B. Prasad)." [JD 18/12/2017]