cover image: Young snake charmer in Delhi

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Young snake charmer in Delhi

1956

This young snake charmer is playing a flute-like instrument made from a gourd, called a been or pungi. It is rather unusual to see such a young snake charmer. The hooded cobra is not the boy's only snake that is out of the basket.
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Authors

Halpern, Joel Martin

Collection
Joel M. Halpern Papers
Format
Photographs Slides (photographs)
Pages
1 slide ; 5 x 5 cm.
Place Discussed
India New Delhi, India
Provider
Digital Commonwealth
Published in
India
Reference
Local other: mufs001-ii-i0032
Rights
Contact host institution for more information. All rights for this image are held by Joel M. Halpern. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/d45d9c471d7d6b3df7a6fd2c108e3b66