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040-003127848 Collection Area Visual Arts

1. Photo 1000/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11
Title:
Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (volume 11: Northern India and Nilagiri Tribes).
Scope & Content:
Process = Albumen prints Photographers = William Simpson, John Burke;
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s-1870s
Extent:
113 items

2. Photo 1000/11(1183)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1183)
Title:
Toda man, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders profile portrait. Not used in Breeks (although a portrait of the same man is used as plate v). Print surface marked by crazing of collodion negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/11(1182)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1182)
Title:
Irula man's head, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders full-face portrait, with measuring rule. Not used in Breeks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/11(1185)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1185)
Title:
Unidentified group (?of Badagas), Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of men seated around (?)funeral pyre. Poor quality negative, subject not distinguishable. Not used in Breeks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/11(1180)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1180)
Title:
Toda mund, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of Toda huts in an unidentified mund. Not used in Breeks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1000/11(1171)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1171)
Title:
Display of Kota artefacts, from the Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Baskets, pots, agricultural implements, musical implements, etc. Plate lxxvii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1000/11(1177)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1177)
Title:
Designs scratched on rock face, Bellike Valley, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1000/11(1167)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1167)
Title:
Cromlech group at Kakusi, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography India Museum No. 1131. Received from Mrs Breeks, July 1873. General view of group, photographed with measuring rule. See Breeks plate xliv for plan. Plate lxxiii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (Ind...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1000/11(1169)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1169)
Title:
Badaga temple of Mahalinga, Melur, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Circular thatched open-sided building, seen from above. Plate lxxx of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/11(1173)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1173)
Title:
Kota musical instruments, from the Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Drum and various wind instruments. Plate lxxix of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1871
Extent:
1 item