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[Portrait of a Nihang or an Akali]
Willoughby Wallace Hooperabout 1870
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Portrait of a Sikh warrior, also known as Nihang or Akali, wearing an elaborate conical turban, adorned with chakrams or war-quoits.
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Details
- Title: [Portrait of a Nihang or an Akali]
- Creator: Willoughby Wallace Hooper
- Date Created: about 1870
- Location Created: India
- Physical Dimensions: 19.5 × 15.4 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XO.823.6.38
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Willoughby Wallace Hooper (English, 1837 - 1912)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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