Outdoor portrait. Sepia tone on the mount. Full length shot. Group portrait. There are more than 20 men. They are wearing veshti, dhoti drapping style specific to certain communities (panchakajam), flower garland, rosarie made of dried seed of an Indian native tree (rudratcha malai) arround the neck and on the head. They have the saivites symbol on their forehead and body. 2 man standing on the side are holding sacred rod, umbrella and a hand fan (samarai). Children are standing on the real left side and facing the camera. it is written on the real right bottom corner in Tamil "Segar Studio Devakottai". On the background, there is a building.
Group portrait
Item details
Creation date:
20th century
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Content type:
Photograph
Place of origin:
India
Originals information:
The original material is located at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), India
Reference:
EAP946/8/1/2/16
Level:
Item
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Digitisation date:
2017
Legal:
Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of
- Project EAP946:
- Collection EAP946/8:
- Collection EAP946/8/1:
- File EAP946/8/1/2:
- Item EAP946/8/1/2/16:
