Two male figures wearing white clothing with mountains in the distance. Inscribed on opposite page: ‘Armourers and Blacksmiths.’ Water-colour; 105 by 180 mm.
Kota men with forge, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three figures gathered round anvil. Plate xvi of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Kota men with forge, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Group of three figures gathered round anvil. Variant of plate xvi of James Wilkinson Breeks, An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris (India Museum, London, 1873), evidently taken on the same occasion, but with figures posed slightly differently.
Blacksmith at work (studio reconstruction). Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Studio portrait of two men shaping a piece of metal, with a woman seated to the right (operating bellows). Probably a print shown at an international exhibition.