Artist: Ishikawa, Takeshi
Culture: Japanese
Title: In the late afternoon of the Chhath Puja, hijras go down the main street of Kolkata dancing and proceed to Babu Ghat, acting as the messengers of the god of fertility
Date: 2003
Medium: Archival pigment print
Edition: 2/10
Dimensions: image: 8 in. x 12 in. (20.3 cm x 30.5 cm); sheet: 11 in. x 14 in. (27.9 cm x 35.6 cm)
Object Type: Photographs

Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds given through the generosity of Linda Wyatt Gruber (Class of 1966)
Object No.: 2018.298

Location: On View

Rights: Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws.