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11. ORB.30/5370(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5370(23)
Title:
Cotton brokers, Omraoti. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Seated portrait of two men: 'The Dallals or brokers of Berar are located at all the cotton marts of Berar, and are believed to be more or less opulent; receiving as they invariably do a percentage upon all sales, or purchases effected by them ... In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

12. ORB.30/5370(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5370(25)
Title:
Policemen of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Seated group of six men: 'The Police Jowans of Berar are composed of Hindoos, as well as Mahomedans. They are all under the Superintendent of Police, and are located at all the large towns, Sudder Stations, Tehsildaries, and Chokies on the principal...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

13. ORB.30/5370(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5370(27)
Title:
Lohars or ironsmiths. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Portrait of two men, seated cross-legged on the ground: 'The Lohars or ironsmiths of Berar belong to the Suder, or last division of caste. They are located in all the towns, and in most of the villages of Berar. The majority are employed in making, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

14. ORB.30/5370(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5370(30)
Title:
Gipsies of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group of five men and women, squatting on grass: 'Gipsies of Berar have no settled place of residence. They are sometimes seen at one village, and sometimes at another; and always under slight erections of reed, and bamboo matting, which they carry ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

15. ORB.30/5370(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5370(31)
Title:
Waddaries or Indian navvies. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group of two men and two women, squatting on the ground: 'The Wadaries or Indian Navvies, employed upon the Railway running through Berar, are believed to be descended from a Gond father, and a Mahratta mother. This belief however is disputed by the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

16. ORB.30/5370(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5370(2)
Title:
Marwaries. Group No. 1. Cotton merchants, Omraoti. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group portrait of eight seated figures: 'This designation is applied to Banias, and others, who being natives of Marwar in Rajpootana, have settled in Berar, and in other parts of India, as bankers, cotton merchants, and wholseale, and retail dealer...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

17. ORB.30/5370(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5370(3)
Title:
Marwaries. Group No. 2. Cotton merchants, Omraoti. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group portrait of five seated figures: Group No. 2 consists of merchants from Bombay, Mirzapore, and other places; one of the five photographed being a Borah, or Shea Mahomedan.' For another copy, in better condition, see Photo 993(3).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

18. ORB.30/5370(13)

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

19. ORB.30/5370(14)

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

20. ORB.30/5370(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
ORB.30/5370(4)
Title:
Koonbees or cultivators of Berar. Photographer: Mulheran, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group portrait of five seated figures: 'The term Koonbi means cultivator, and is applied to all who plough land for the purpose of sowing wheat, gram, jowari, cotton, rice, etc. The Koonbies of Berar consist principally of the Heindri, and Gatula tr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

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