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Portrait of a Hindu girl from Karachi, Sindh, showing method of wearing ear and nose rings, wristlets and anklets   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Michie and Company
Title
Portrait of a Hindu girl from Karachi, Sindh, showing method of wearing ear and nose rings, wristlets and anklets
Description
Full-length standing studio portrait of a Hindu girl from Karachi in Sind, Pakistan, taken by Michie and Company in c. 1870, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. This is one of a series of photographs commissioned by the Government of India in the 19th century, in order to gather information about the dress, customs, trade and religions of the different racial groups on the sub-continent. The girl in the photograph demonstrates the method of wearing ear and nose rings, bracelets and anklets.
Date circa 1870
date QS:P571,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Oriental and India Office Collection,
institution QS:P195,Q23308
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Source Downloaded and cropped by me {Fowler&fowler«Talk» 15:34, 31 December 2006 (UTC)) from the British Library website Fowler&fowler«Talk» 15:34, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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