Description"Suttee" pillar where Hindu widows were burned, Benares, India (14671460675).jpg
Local Accession Number: 06_11_003882
Title: "Suttee" pillar where Hindu widows were burned, Benares, India
Genre: Stereographs; Photographic prints
Created/Published: New York ; London ; Toronto-Canada ; Ottawa-Kansas : Underwood & Underwood, Publishers
Copyright date: 1903
Physical description: 1 photographic print on a curved stereo card : stereograph ; 9 x 18 cm.
General 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.
Subjects: Ghats; Rivers; Funeral rites & ceremonies; City & town life
Collection: Harper Stereograph Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Shelf locator: India
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