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Description: | Three Lascars of the 'Viceroy of India' (1929), standing behind the wheel of one of the ship's tenders. The three are wearing an embroidered, knee length, cotton tunic called a lalchi, and white pantaloons and a topi. The lefthand seaman is wearing a red rhumal or folded cloth worn around the waist and knotted in front.
Lascars were seamen from South Asia, China, East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. They had manned P & O vessels since the 1840s. They were paid at lower rates than Europeans and tended to work in groups as engine crews, deck hands, cabin stewards and waiters. P & O officers were expected to be familiar with basic Hindustani to help with communication.
caption: Three Lascars of the 'Viceroy of India' (1929), standing behind the wheel of one of the ship's tenders. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Viceroy of India (1929) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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