Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a man, seated cross-legged on coir matting, with basket-making materials. This portrait is also used in Watson and Kaye's People of India: see Photo 972/8 (424), captioned, 'Korama or Korwa. Hindoo. Mysore.' [Albumen print, 101x126mm]....
Honoora, a famous Korchar dacoit said to have murdered Mr Horsley at Bellari. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a man in leg irons. [Albumen print, 33x95mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; crime and criminals; dacoits; ethnic groups; Korwas Location = India; Karnataka; Mysore district
Koodiyars. Toddy drawers. Photographer: Richter, G.
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a man and a woman, seated on the ground, with a bottle placed between them. Photographed against the same cloth backdrop as prints 191a and 191b. [Albumen print, 102x123mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection; ethnic groups; Kudiyas; occup...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a man of the Mochi caste, seated on coir matting. This portrait is also used in Watson and Kaye's People of India: see Photo 972/8 (423), captioned, 'Mochis. Hindoos. Mysore.' [Albumen print, 80x106mm]. Subjects = Bowring Collection;...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a Brahmin Vaidika ('religious men, who officiate in temples and keep themselves nominally aloof from wordly pursuits'), seated on a wooden box against a plain backdrop. Of the schools of Hindu religious teaching in Mysore, 'the Smartas h...
Full-length seated portrait of a Madhva Brahmin, a follower of the dualistic doctrines of the South Indian brahmin Madhva: 'The Madvas say that the creator and his creatures are separate, their doctrine being called dwaitam [dvaita, duality]'. [Albumen print, 95x125mm]. Subjects = Bowring Col...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a young man, seated on floor and leaning on a low desk. This portrait is also used in Watson and Kaye's 'People of India': see Photo 972/8 (409). It is there captioned, 'Sri Vishnu Brahmin, Mysore.' [Albumen print, 103x100mm]. Subjec...