Self & Some of Trophies and Ten Indian Men
place: label: Place
content: India
topic: label: Topic
content: Hunting
label: Topic
content: Big game hunting
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content: Still Prints of Asia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Shikar, or trophy hunting, was a popular pastime in colonial India. The sport was introduced by members of the British ruling class and was an extension of the tradition of hunting as a leisure sport. On the hunt, the British sportsmen would be accompanied by many native attendants. The popularity of the activity led to the creation of many taxidermy shops in India.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Albumen prints (image 23 x 29 cm., mounted 31 x 40 cm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1860s
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 6, Item 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1999.01, Item FSA.A1999.01_25
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Albumen prints -- 1860-1880
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two prints mounted to the same board. The first photograph, 25.1, depicts a man posing with no less than 21 stuffed bovid heads, leopard pelts, and pelts of another animal, potentially a bear. The image is dated in to 1875 in the caption. The second photograph, 25.2, is of ten unidentified men. Their connection to the hunter in 25.1 is unkown, but they may be attendants who accompanied him on his hunts.