Portrait of an unknown man from the Khamti tribe and Arunachal Pradesh

attributed to Benjamin Simpson, c. 1858 - in or before 1868

  • Artwork typephotograph, page
  • Object numberRP-F-2001-7-1122A-27
  • Dimensionsheight 176 mm x width 129 mm
  • Physical characteristicsalbuminedruk

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of an unknown man from the Khamti tribe and Arunachal Pradesh

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2001-7-1122A-27

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription: ‘KHANTI./ WILD FRONTIER TRIBE./ ASSAM.’
    • number: ‘(27)’

Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: attributed to Benjamin Simpson, Assam

  • Dating

    c. 1858 - in or before 1868

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    albuminedruk

  • Dimensions

    height 176 mm x width 129 mm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2001

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

  • M.A. Tarr & S. Blackburn, Through the Eye of Time: Photographs of Arunachal Pradesh 1859-2006. Tribal Cultures in the Eastern Himalayas, Leiden/Boston: 2008, p. 20, noot 28.

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