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Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(6)
Title:: Banias. Group No. 2. Komtees or ordinary Banias. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Portrait of two men, seated on the ground in front of a two-wheeled wooden cart, with baskets of grain laid out in front of them. See also note at print 5.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(7)
Title:: Gosaies. Group No. 1. Gosains. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of three men, seated cross-legged on a tiger skin: 'Gosaies may be of any caste except that of Brahmin. They wear usually a red dhooti, and a red cloth over their shoulders; and live upon charity, or the offerings distributed at the temples erected to ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(8)
Title:: Gosaies. No. 2. Gosai. Cotton merchant Omraoti. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a man, seated cross-legged: 'The Gosai in No. 2, is believed to be the most opulent of the cotton merchant located at Omraoti, and is said to be worth half a million sterling...' For another copy, see Photo 993(8).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(9)
Title:: Rohillas of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two men, seated on the floor: 'The lawless body known as the Rohilla marauders of the Deccan are either natives of the ridges adjoining Peshawur, or descendants of men of the same race who have taken service with the chiefs of the Deccan during trou...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(10)
Title:: Gonds of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Portrait of eight seated Gond men.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(11)
Title:: Kolams of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Portrait of two seated Kolam men. For another copy of this photograph, see Photo 993(11)
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(12)
Title:: Kumars of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Portrait of two seated Komar men, with a stack of three pots placed between them: 'Komars are located in all the towns and large villages of Berar. They belong to the Suder or fourth division of caste, and live principally, if not entirely by the sa...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(13)
Title:: Kullals or distillers of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated portrait of two Kullal men: 'Kullals belong to the Suder caste, and live principally, if not entirely by the distillation of spirits. They are located in all the towns, and in most of the villages of Berar. Some of the more opulent resemble Soukars, or b...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(14)
Title:: Rangaries or dyers of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated portrait of two men: 'Rungaries or dyers reside in all the towns of Berar, and occasionally in villages near which there is an abundance of running water. They live, as their name denotes by coloring cloth, either by contract, or by purchasing a quantity...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: ORB.30/5370(15)
Title:: Dhair or outcast of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a man, seated on the ground in front of a plain backcloth: 'Dhairs, Chumars and Maugs. - These are the outcasts of India, the touch of whom is pollution to the majority of Hindoos. They are located in all the towns, and in all the villages of Berar,...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1862
Extent:: 1 item

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