Ghaut for burning the dead near the Hooghly, Calcutta. Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the bank of the Hugli towards a burning ghat, with vultures gathered on the roofline of the adjoining building.
Toda green funeral, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Toda group, with sacrificed buffaloes (the herd of the deceased) in the foreground. The ceremony is described in detail on pp. 19-23. plate xiv of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London,...