Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Two young men on bicycles sell basket pads and mats. The basket pad, a donut shaped construction, is used to raise baskets off the ground. The box that one of …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

A pig and her piglets roam around a house in the uplands in the Ranchi district.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Villagers come out of their houses in order to pose for the camera in this coastal fishing village in South India.




University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

The Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi is now the official residence of the President of India. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built on Raisina hill, which he …



University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

A Birhor child plays with a piece of cane outside her hut. The Birhor are a nomadic people. A tanda is a temporary Birhor settlement.[


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Two women carry clay pots tied together in baskets perched upon their heads. This is a view of a road near Thiruvananthapuram, formerly known as Trivandrum.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

A young girl holds a younger child in her arms in front of a house. She is dressed typical of the girls from this village in the uplands in the …