Studio portrait. Sepia tone. Full length shot. Family portrait. There are 3 men 2 girls and 2 boys. The old man sitting in the middle, is wearing veshti, finger ring and watch. The 2 girls standing on his side, are wearing skirt, blouse (paavadai satai), flowers behind the head, jimikki earings, nose studds, Surya & Chandra Pirai, Sun & Moon shaped ornamental jewel used to decorate their forehead, forehead chain (neti suti). The girl on the real right is wearing skirt, blouse, double plait with ruban and flowers. Both girls are wearing long chain with pendant, necklace, kajal in eyes and the customary symbol (pottu) on their forehead. The boys sitted on the side are wearing long chain with pendant, shirt, trousers, watch (boy on the real right) and the customary symbol (pottu) on the forehead.
Family 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:
EAP946/8/3/3/41
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 EAP946/8/3:
- File EAP946/8/3/3:
- Item EAP946/8/3/3/41:
