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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 972

441. Photo 972, 8(420)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(420)
Title:
Lambani woman. Hindoo. Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. 'We present this photograph as it gives a fuller view of the peculiar costume of the women of this starnge and peculiar sect than any previously shown...The scarf thrown over the head, and hanging behind, conceals the high comb whic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

442. Photo 972, 8(421)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(421)
Title:
Lingayet. Hindoo. Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait of a man. He wears a silver casket slung round his neck containing a small phallic emblem. 'The Lingayets are ordinarymerchants, retail dealers, cultivators, and artizans. There are few families of rank which belong to them...The Lin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

443. Photo 972, 8(422)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(422)
Title:
Lingayet. Hindoo. Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 421. Subjects = castes; ethnic groups; Lingayats (caste); printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 8, 1875) Location = India; Karnataka; Mysore district
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

444. Photo 972, 8(423)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(423)
Title:
Mochis. Hindoos. Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. 'Although of the very lowest caste of Hindoos, being considerd, in fact, Mlechas, or outcasts, Mochis are very useful members of the community at large in all parts of India. They make sandals, shoes, slippers, harness, and do leath...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

445. Photo 972, 8(424)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(424)
Title:
Korama or Korwa. Hindoo. Mysore. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait. 'The Koramas, or Korwas, as they are most generally called, are basket makers by profession, and also make mats from date palm leaves, very ingeniously plaiting the leaves into strips about four inches broad and sewing them together...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

446. Photo 972, 8(425)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(425)
Title:
Amma Kodagi, or Kaveri Brahmins. Coorg. Photographer: Richter, G.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-length standing group of three figures: 'The persons represented in the group are a father, mother, and daughter; they are Amma Kodagi, or Kaveri Brahmins. They belong to a small sect of Brahmins who reside in the south-western portion of Coorg...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

447. Photo 972, 8(426)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(426)
Title:
Coorgs. Hindoos. Coorg. Photographer: Richter, G.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Family group, with elderly man seated in seated. 'The group represented is of Mattana, Soobadar of Mercara, and his younger relatives...The ethnology of the Coorgs has not been defined, but it is evident they are a peculiar people and race, unconnected with the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

448. Photo 972, 8(427)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(427)
Title:
Mother and daughter. Coorg. Photographer: Richter, G.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Full-length standing portrait. 'The group represented shows the dress of the women of Coorg, and the peculiar and very picturesque head dress, which consists of a gay checked or striped handkerchief tied lightly with the ends hanging behind. With or...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

449. Photo 972, 8(428)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(428)
Title:
Hegades. Hindoos. Coorg. Photographer: Richter, G.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image, faded. Full-length standing portrait of man and woman. 'Meder and his wife belong to a small cultivating class in Coorg, who reside at Jeddenal Kun Naad, in the south of Coorg, a place to which they emigrated from Malyalim some centuries ago. They a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

450. Photo 972, 8(429)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(429)
Title:
Holeyas. Hindoos. Coorg. Photographer: Richter, G.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Faded images. Full-length standing portrait, in profile. 'The Holeyas are found in the Coorg houses all over the country. They perform menial work for the Coorgs, to whom they belong as members of their domestic institutions...They dress variously, but eat all ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item