"Suttee" pillar where Hindu widows were burned, Benares, India

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Title:
"Suttee" pillar where Hindu widows were burned, Benares, India
Date:
(c) 1903
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Stereographs
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Stereograph Collection
Series:
Harper Stereograph Collection
Subjects:
Ghats
Rivers
Funeral rites & ceremonies
City & town life
Places:
India > Charkhārī State > Benares
Extent:
1 photographic print on a curved stereo card : stereograph ; 9 x 18 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/sq87dk00m
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New York ; London ; Toronto-Canada ; Ottawa-Kansas : Underwood & Underwood, Publishers
Notes:
Title from item.
Number on item: (58)-3494.
Image caption: Suttee pillar at a Benares burning Ghat, where Hindu widows died on husbands' funeral pyres.
Accession #:
06_11_003882