cover image: Three young Munda women with an infant in the Ranchi district

Three young Munda women with an infant in the Ranchi district

1956

At a festival with drums and dancing, a Munda mother with her infant watch the dancing. The young girl in the middle with the basket is holding a pestle she has used to pound grain.
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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 Jharkhand, India
Provider
Digital Commonwealth
Published in
India
Reference
Local other: mufs001-ii-i0344
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/c4c634f632fd94081d4c6bde4f3d6c28