I have not yet been able to identify a negative for this print. It depicts the same Janger performance as 1443 (see Fig 213 in Hitchcock and Norris) . Arjuna is dancing with a heavenly nymph – in the story she fails to rouse him from his meditation so this image is curious.
1455, 3291, 90
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Black and white negative of multiple tree trunks and canoes pulled up on shoreline
object | ARC/GUP/006/065
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Washing a child
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/596/002
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Amazon Marañon Columbia village nr Leticia pm (24/33)
object | ARC/GUP/001/098
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35mm slide: Another baby in carrier
object | ARC/BAL/005/248
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