Studio portrait. Sepia tone. Shapped photo on the mount. Half length shot. Couple portrait. The woman is wearing silk saree, chain, black thread arround her neck, necklace, jimikki earings with maattal (chain shaped jewel used to hook in the hair from the ear ring studds, nose studds, the customay symbol (pottu) on her forehead, kajal in eyes and flower on the back of her head. The man is wearing shirt. He has a pen on his shirt pocket and has a moustache. Background is plain. It is written in tamil on the real left corner "Samy Studio Chinalapatti, 1.8.76".
Shapped photo on the mount
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:
EAP946/8/1/3/255
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 EAP946/8/1/3:
- Item EAP946/8/1/3/255:
