Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a man and a woman, posed in front of a plain cloth backdrop. 'The principal other tribes [of Coorg or Kodagu] who speak Kodagoo are the Aimvokkaloo, cultivators of Mysore origin...' (Bowring, p. 236). [Albumen print, 105x135mm]...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a man and a woman, the man seated and posed in the act of sharpening a sickle, the woman standing as she gathers a bundle of grass. Bowring describes the Kavatis simply as Coorg farmers. [Albumen print, 105x135mm]. Subjects = Coorgs (...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait of a man and a woman. Bowring describes the Medas as 'handicraftsmen and drummers'. [Albumen print, 105x135mm]. Subjects = Coorgs (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Medas (Coorgs) Location = India; Karnataka; Kodagu District
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length profile portrait of a man and a woman, posed as if walking, against a plain cloth backdrop. This photograph is also reproduced in Watson & Kaye's 'The People of India' (vol. 8, 1875), plate 429 (see Photo 972/8 (429)), there captioned 'Holeyas':...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait, in profile against a plain cloth backdrop (similarly posed to the figures in print 233c). Bowring describes the Yeravas as 'a wandering tribe, many of whom however were agricultural serfs' (p. 236). [Albumen print, 105x135mm]. ...
Medal given to Coorgs for loyalty in 1834, obverse. Photographer: Unknown
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Close view of the medal, which is dated 'April 1837.' [Albumen print, 60x97mm]. Subjects = medals & decorations Location = India; Karnataka; Kodagu District
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a Coorg warrior, posed with a matchlock rifle against a plain cloth backdrop. This is the same man seen in print 235f. [Albumen print, 109x135mm]. Subjects = arms and armour; Coorgs (ethnic group); ethnic groups; matchlocks ...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait of a Coorg woman, with a younger woman and a young girl standing beside her. [Albumen print, 95x132mm]. Subjects = Coorgs (ethnic group); ethnic groups Location = India; Karnataka; Kodagu District
A Coorg with his family. Photographer: Richter, G.
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length seated portrait of the Coorg man seen in print 235d, surrounded by five members of his family. This portrait also appears in Watson & Kaye's 'The People of India' (vol. 8, 1875), plate 426 (see Photo 972/8 (426)), captioned 'Coorgs': 'The group ...