cover image: Line of Birhor girls dancing

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Line of Birhor girls dancing

1956

A view of the backs of Birhor girls dancing in a line of descending heights in this permanent settlement. The men drum. After 1947, the Indian government attempted to establish permanent settlements for the Birhor in the Ranchi district.[
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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-i0382
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/9cc7f652d9d97a90520d8ea3fb9b5969