Todas at play. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Toda youths engaged in a game. [Albumen print]. Subjects = Breeks, J., 'An account of the primitive tribes...of the Nilgiris' (1870); ethnic groups; printed books; recreations; Todas (ethnic group)
Todas with clubs, etc. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four Toda men, armed with bow and arrow, clubs and spear. [Albumen print]. Subjects = arms and armour; bows and arrows; Breeks, J., 'An account of the primitive tribes...of the Nilgiris' (1870); ethnic groups; printed books; spears; Todas (ethnic gr...
Mukkurti Tiriari and Palals. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography View looking down onto Toda village. [Albumen print]. Subjects = Breeks, J., 'An account of the primitive tribes...of the Nilgiris' (1870); ethnic groups; printed books; Toda munds; Todas (ethnic group)
Boa [temple]. Muttanad Mand. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of a 'boa' or temple in a Toda mund (village). The building is a thatched conical structure. [Albumen print]. Subjects = boas (Toda temples); Breeks, J., 'An account of the primitive tribes...of the Nilgiris' (1870); ethnic groups; printed books; temples...
Toda green funeral. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of Todas in the funeral area, with sacrificed buffaloes lying in the foreground. The 'Green' funeral is the ceremony held shortly after death. This is followed at a later stage by a 'dry' funeral, a form of commemorative ceremony. [Albumen print]. Subje...
Kota men and women. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Kota family group posed in front of thatched house. [Albumen print]. Subjects = Breeks, J., 'An account of the primitive tribes...of the Nilgiris' (1870); ethnic groups; Kotas; printed books
Kota men, with forge. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three figures posed around anvil and forge. [Albumen print]. Subjects = Breeks, J., 'An account of the primitive tribes...of the Nilgiris' (1870); ethnic groups; iron forges; ironsmiths; Kotas; printed books
Kota women, making pots. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three women, two of them engaged in turning a pot on a wheel, the third watching. With village houses in the background. [Albumen print]. Subjects = Breeks, J., 'An account of the primitive tribes...of the Nilgiris' (1870); ethnic groups; Kotas; pot...
Kotas playing and dancing. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of Kota musicians and dancers. [Albumen print]. Subjects = Breeks, J., 'An account of the primitive tribes...of the Nilgiris' (1870); dance; ethnic groups; Kotas; musical instruments; musicians; printed books
Kota man's head. Photographer: Madras School of Industrial Arts
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-face head-and-shoulders portrait of a Kota man, with a rule to measure scale on the left. Subjects = Breeks, J., 'An account of the primitive tribes...of the Nilgiris' (1870); ethnic groups; Kotas; printed books