A snake charmer performing on a waterfront

A snake charmer performing on a waterfront

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s051. The snake charmer puts a living whip snake in his mouth and brings it out through his nose. The audience are presumably on a ship alongside the wharf. The location where this photograph was taken is not certain, but it may well have been Tientsin (Tianjin) - see JC-s053. See also JC-s314.

Caption in album or on mount

TIENTSIN SNAKE-IN-THE-NOSE, A POPULAR NATIVE SNAKE-CHARMER, GIVING A PERFORMANCE ON THE WATERFRONT.

Location

Tianjin

Estimated Date

1930s-1940s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph