Indoor portrait. Silver deterioration. Wedding portrait. The bride is sitting wearing saree,jewells,flower garland(poomalai) and customary symbol on the forehead(pottu). Her father is sitting near her on the rigth side. There are oil lamps,kalasam (pot filled with holy water and the mouth is decorated with mango leaves that are held in place by a coconut placed over it) and bananas present in front of the bride on the floor. Family members and childrens are standing around the bride.
Wedding portrait
Item details
Creation date:
after 1957
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:
EAP946/9/1/1/8
Level:
Item
Extent:
1 TIFF image
Digitisation date:
2017
Legal:
Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of
- Project EAP946:
- Collection EAP946/9:
- Collection EAP946/9/1:
- File EAP946/9/1/1:
- Item EAP946/9/1/1/8:
