My beautiful monkey Shabnam (my eunuch brother’s name) that was killed by the Muslims. They said a monkey is a Hindu god and therefore cannot live in a Muslim graveyard. So they poisoned him, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

My beautiful monkey Shabnam (my eunuch brother’s name) that was killed by the Muslims. They said a monkey is a Hindu god and therefore cannot live in a Muslim graveyard. So they poisoned him, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

Dayanita Singh

1999, printed 2008

Accession Number

221955

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

30.5 × 45.7 cm (12 × 18 in., image); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in., paper)

Classification

photograph

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Photography Associates and Contemporary Art Discretionary Funds