Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-face head and shoulders portrait, with measuring rule. Plate xxiv 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 profile, with measuring rule; same sitter as print 1120. Plate xxv of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Kurumba motta or village, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography View looking down onto group of Kurumba houses on wooded hillside. Plate xxvi of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Kurumba kovil or stone circle, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Mound of stones used in Kurumba religious obervances, with measuring rule placed in foreground. Plate xxvii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length study of four men holding musical instruments (a drum and a type of trumpet) and agricultural implements (an axe and a sickle). Plate xxviii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four women, posed in front of a thatched house. Plate xxix 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 full-face portrait, with measuring rule at right. Plate xxx 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 profile portrait, with measuring rule at right. Plate xxxi of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Irula motta or village, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Slightly distant view of Irula village set in clearing in the hills. Plate xxxii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Plate xxxiii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).