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61. Photo 1000/10(1097)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1097)
Title:
Specimens of the five hill tribes of the Nilgiris. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of ten posed male figures, two representatives from each of the following tribes (left to right): Irulas, Badagas, Todas, Kotas, Kurumbas. The group is posed in front of a tent, with a measuring pole at the side to indicate scale. Plate i (frontispiece) o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

62. Photo 1000/10(1136)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1136)
Title:
Cinerary urns, from cairns and barrows, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of urns, against a plain cloth background. Plate xl of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

63. Photo 1000/10(1137)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1137)
Title:
Bronzes, contents of cairns and barrows, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of bronzes, against a plain cloth background. Plate xli of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

64. Photo 1000/10(1138)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1138)
Title:
Bronzes, contents of cairns and barrows, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of bronzes, against a plain cloth background. Plate xlii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

65. Photo 1000/10(1139)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1139)
Title:
Spear-heads, etc., contents of cairns and barrows, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of artefacts photographed beside a measuring rule. Plate xliii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

66. Photo 1000/10(1050)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1050)
Title:
Survey Superintendent's Office, Tumkur. Photographer: Pigou, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, slightly distant.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

67. Photo 1000/10(1064)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1064)
Title:
Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Harnahalli. Photographer: Pigou, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Cropped and reduced copy of plate 35 of Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture in Dharwar and Mysore' (London, 1866).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item

68. Photo 1000/10(1089)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1089)
Title:
The Kedareshvara Temple, Balagamve. Photographer: Pigou, William Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography With sculpture of Sala in combat with a tiger on top of the main shrine. Cropped and reduced copy of plate 32 of Taylor and Fergusson, 'Architecture in Dharwar and Mysore' (London, 1866), there incorrectly identified as Hurulhully (Harnahalli). T. Bloch, 'A list...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1856
Extent:
1 item

69. Photo 1000/10(1118)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1118)
Title:
Kota temples and priest, Kotagiri, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography India Museum No. 1137. Two open-ended thatched structures, with priest standing in foreground. Plate xxii of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

70. Photo 1000/10(1110)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1110)
Title:
Toda green funeral, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Toda group, with sacrificed buffaloes (the herd of the deceased) in the foreground. The ceremony is described in detail on pp. 19-23. plate xiv of James Wilkinson Breeks, 'An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris' (India Museum, London,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item