Indian "Dog Man" Street Performer

Snapshot of a smiling man, most likely Indian, crawls on his elbows and knees, as his legs are too thin for him to stand, and his spine is bent inward at almost a 45-degree angle. In the late-19th and early 20th-Century these type of photos taken in India of street performers with various afflictions were traded among Victorian collectors mainly for their shock value.

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