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040-003131002 Subject Kotas

1. Photo 1000/42(4396)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4396)
Title:
Kota men with forge, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of three figures gathered round anvil. Variant of plate xvi of James Wilkinson Breeks, An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris (India Museum, London, 1873), evidently taken on the same occasion, but with figures posed slightly differently.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/42(4397)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4397)
Title:
Kota women making pots, Nilgir Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of three women engaged in pottery. Duplicate of print 1113.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1000/42(4398)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4398)
Title:
Kotas playing and dancing, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Posed group of musicians and dancers. Variant of plate xviii of James Wilkinson Breeks, An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris (India Museum, London, 1873), evidently taken on the same occasion, but with figures posed slightly differently.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1000/42(4395)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4395)
Title:
Group of Kota men and women, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of men and women posed in front of a thatched house. Variant of plate xv of James Wilkinson Breeks, An account of the primitive tribes and monuments of the Nilagiris (India Museum, London, 1873), evidently taken on the same occasion, but with figures posed slightly differently.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1000/42(4388)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4388)
Title:
Group portrait of representatives of the five hills tribes of the Nilgiris: Irulas, Badagas, Todas, Kotas, Kurumbas. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group portrait, with two representatives from each of the fives tribes, posed in front of a tent with characteristic artefacts (weapons, musical instruments, etc). With measuring rod placed to one side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item