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...
Cinerary urns, from cairns and barrows, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of urns, against a plain cloth background. Plate xl of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Bronzes, contents of cairns and barrows, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of bronzes, against a plain cloth background. Plate xli of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Bronzes, contents of cairns and barrows, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of bronzes, against a plain cloth background. Plate xlii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Spear-heads, etc., contents of cairns and barrows, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of artefacts photographed beside a measuring rule. Plate xliii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
The Kedareshvara Temple, Balagamve. Photographer: Pigou, William Henry
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Genre: Architectural Photography With sculpture of Sala in combat with a tiger on top of the main shrine. Cropped and reduced copy of plate 32 of Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture in Dharwar and Mysore' (London, 1866), there incorrectly identified as Hurulhully (Harnahalli). T. Bloch, 'A list...
Kota temples and priest, Kotagiri, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography India Museum No. 1137. Two open-ended thatched structures, with priest standing in foreground. Plate xxii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).