Two women, surrounded by villagers, with their heads bowed to the ground in Karanja, during the epidemic of plague in Bombay. Photograph attributed to Captain C. Moss, 1897.

  • Moss, C., Captain, active approximately 1897.
Date:
[1897?]
Reference:
37571i
Part of:
The Bombay plague epidemic of 1896-1897: work of the Bombay Plague Committee. Photographs attributed to Capt. C. Moss, 1897.
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About this work

Description

There are some dark objects, possibly stones, placed within a white grid on the ground in front of the women

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1897?] ([Bombay?])

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; image 7.1 x 10.1 cm

Lettering

Karanja. Incantations by women against the plague. Lettering printed onto small white label attached to mount

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37571i

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Where to find it

  • album containing ca. 87 photographs

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