Native coolies, group of Thakurs, showing modern dress, posed in front of the Ambaranatha Temple, Ambarnath. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of aboriginal hill people, presumably employed as porters on the Ambernath expedition. Original negative has a number of scratches on surface.
Specimens of the five hill tribes of the Nilgiris. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of ten posed male figures, two representatives from each of the following tribes (left to right): Irulas, Badagas, Todas, Kotas, Kurumbas. The group is posed in front of a tent, with a measuring pole at the side to indicate scale. Plate i (frontispiece) o...
Toda men and women, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length group of two men (one elderly) and a young woman. Plate iii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three women, two seated, one standing. Plate iv of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders portrait of a Toda man, his right arm held across his breast. Plate v of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders portrait of a Toda woman, her right arm held across his breast. Plate v(a) of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Toda man's head, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders profile, with a measuring rule placed to indicate scale. Plate vi of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Toda man's head, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders profile, with a measuring rule placed to indicate scale. Plate vii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).