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Language Not applicable Subject Food and Drink Name Nicholas and Curths

1. Photo 1000/52(4944)

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Photo 1000/52(4944)
Title:
Women pounding and cleaning rice, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two women, one using a pestle and mortar holding a tray of rice. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &c....Native women pounding and cleaning rice' by Nicholas & Cur...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/52(4945)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4945)
Title:
Women with curry stone and raggy mill, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing two women, one crushing spices, the other grinding raggy (a grain cultivated as a staple in food in Southern India) between two millstones. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, occupations, &...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/52(4948)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4948)
Title:
Oil mill, Madras. Photographer: Nicholas and Curths
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Bullock team grinding down contents of a large wooden tank to produce (coconut?) oil. The animals are attached to an arm which turns the base of the container. Photographer's name on mount. From the series of 'Photographs illustrating various native classes, oc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item