A Snake-Charmer of Benares

A Snake-Charmer of Benares

Digitized film strip
Transparency

William Wisner Chapin

Maker
American, 1851–1928

A Snake-Charmer of Benares

ca. 1909-1913
Gelatin silver transparency with applied color
Overall: 3 1/4 × 4 in. (8.3 × 10.2 cm)
Gift of Barbara Boyce
1986.0602.0124
Inscriptions verso: A Snake-Charmer of Benares (As though they would add to the gruesome effect of the holy city of Kashi, there are always snake-charmers to be found along the bathing ghats. Not only snakes but scorpions and r gentle pets are proudly exhibited to the curious).

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