A burning ghat in Calcutta: a family preparing a body for cremation on a pile of logs.
- Date:
- [approximately 1900]
- Reference:
- 549142i
- Part of:
- The Fallaize Collection.
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
[approximately 1900]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Lettering
Burning ghat Calcutta
Bears number: 2728
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 549142i
Ownership note
Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.
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Location Status Access Closed stores