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Chitty young man

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An unidentified young Chitty man in Tamil, India, sits in a chair and leans his left elbow on a table with a tablecloth and a vase on it. He holds a closed umbrella in his left hand with the tip of the umbrella resting on the floor. The fingernail on his little finger of his left hand is very long and filed to a sharp point. His chest and arms are painted. He has a bindi. He wears an ornate choker and bracelet. There is a large vase of pampas grass placed behind and to the left. Printed in white ink in the bottom left-hand corner, "C. A. Co. Ltd."
Date Published
1894 to 1900
Subjects
Peranakan (Asian people)
South Asians
Men
Hindus
Notes
No date; likely late 1890s
Handwritten on back in blue ink, "Chitty."
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri—Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 28 x 21 cm
Member of
Jacob L. Loose Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_loose_photo-060.tif
Genres
Albumen prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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