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).
Todas at play, Nilgir Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Posed group, with man crawling through low cairn of stones and another man in pursuit. The game is called narthpimi (see p.10). With two women seated in the background. Plate x of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the...
Kurumbas, with house, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three women and a man seated in front of a Kurumba house. Note wall-painting on exterior of house. Plate xxiii 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).