Untitled - South-Asian Women Around a Millstone

Title

Untitled - South-Asian Women Around a Millstone

Subject

India--Spence Family--Asia--Fisk Jubilee Singers

Description

A commercially-produced image depicting a group of four South-Asian women sitting around a millstone. All four women have their hands on a single grinding pestle. The reverse of this image does not contain any writing. This image was one of many commercially-produced images of various places and peoples in Asia likely gifted to the Spence family by the Fisk Jubilee Singers upon their return to the United States in 1890.

Creator

Unknown

Source

John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections, Fisk University. Spence Family Collection. Box 94, Folder 94-47-2.

Date

Ca. 1889

Contributor

Dr. Patrick D. Rasico, metadata input

Rights

Images in this collection are the property of Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections. These materials may not be reproduced without written permission of Fisk University. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections

Identifier

("Untitled - South-Asian Women Around a Millstone"). John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections, Fisk University. Spence Family Collection. Box 94, Folder 94-47-2.

Citation

Unknown, “Untitled - South-Asian Women Around a Millstone,” JOHN HOPE AND AURELIA E. FRANKLIN LIBRARY: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES, accessed April 24, 2024, https://fiskmusicmusiceverywhere.omeka.net/items/show/208.

Output Formats

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