Sujet

Tomb of Voupilal, a Looshai chief, 1872. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Tomb of Voupilal, a Looshai chief, 1872. '...the name "Looshais...is a general term given by the Burmese to all these foreign wild men, who belong to different races, in the mountainous region bounded by Cachar and Manipoora on the north, Hill Tipparah and Chittagong on the west, and Burmah Proper on the east side'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A06_166

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

27,5Mo (2,3Mo) / 29,9cm x 23,0cm / 3527 x 2721 (300dpi)

Mots clés

India Indian arts country art belief faith British skull skulls death tomb native mausoleum totem totems location century burial Britain newspapers press print concept B&W engraved engraving Assam 19th century totemic black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Hindoostan Illustrated London News TGN wood engraving ILN indigenous newspaper indigenous people Unknown 19th-century Lushai Mizo Mizoram The Illustrated London News Looshai