Outcast, India, ca. 1915

Tinted lantern slide showing a young Indian woman dressed in a patterned sari and undershirt. She is wearing a large number of bracelets, rings, and wears necklaces around her neck. The slide is captioned: "Outcast." The slide was published in the January edition of Regions Beyond, the magazine of Regions Beyond Missionary Union, under the title: "A Dom Girl at Chanpatia." The Dom group is one of the few original Dravidian tribes of India. They became nomadic after the invasion of the Aryans in 1500 BC and were designated as the lowest caste. They then became wandering dancers and musicians. The photograph was taken by the first leader of Regions Beyond Missionary Union, Dr Harry Grattan Guinness (1861-1915). This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.

本染色幻灯幻灯片（tinted lantern slide）展示了一位身着花纹纱丽（sari）与内搭衫的年轻印度女性。她佩戴了大量手镯、戒指，颈间亦佩戴有项链。该幻灯片配有标注文字："Outcast"。该幻灯片以"A Dom Girl at Chanpatia"（昌帕蒂亚的多姆族少女）为题，刊发于《域外》（Regions Beyond）杂志1月刊；该杂志为域外传教联盟（Regions Beyond Missionary Union）的官方刊物。多姆族（Dom）是印度少数原生达罗毗荼（Dravidian）部落之一。公元前1500年雅利安人入侵印度后，该族群沦为游牧群体，并被划为最低等种姓，此后他们以流浪舞者与乐师为业。本照片由域外传教联盟首任领袖哈里·格拉坦·吉尼斯博士（Dr Harry Grattan Guinness，1861-1915）拍摄。该幻灯片源自域外传教联盟传教士编纂的藏品集；该联盟是一家跨宗派新教福音传教使团，活动范围覆盖印度东北部（比哈尔邦与奥里萨邦）及尼泊尔。