Bheels about to start on a plundering expedition [Khairwara]. Photographer: Hogg, George Crawford
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of six Bhil men armed with bows and arrows, their faces covered. This photograph has clearly been staged, the men carefully posed. Subjects = arms and armour; Bhils (ethnic group); bows and arrows; ethnic groups; Hogg Collection
Bheels tamed and civilised, Kherwarra Bheel Corps. Photographer: Hogg, George Crawford
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of Indian officers and men, probably a local unit of the Meywar Bhil Corps. The caption is a reference to the apparant civilising influence of military life on the Bhils, seen in relation to the adjacent photographs of allegedly criminal gangs. Subje...