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Subject Kurumbas

1. 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

2. Photo 1000/10(1119)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1119)
Title:
Kurumbas, with house, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three women and a man seated in front of a Kurumba house. Note wall-painting on exterior of house. Plate xxiii 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

3. Photo 1000/10(1120)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1120)
Title:
Kurumba man's head, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-face head and shoulders portrait, with measuring rule. Plate xxiv 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

4. Photo 1000/10(1121)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1121)
Title:
Kurumba man's head, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders profile, with measuring rule; same sitter as print 1120. Plate xxv 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

5. Photo 1000/10(1122)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1122)
Title:
Kurumba motta or village, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography View looking down onto group of Kurumba houses on wooded hillside. Plate xxvi 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

6. Photo 1000/10(1123)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/10(1123)
Title:
Kurumba kovil or stone circle, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Mound of stones used in Kurumba religious obervances, with measuring rule placed in foreground. Plate xxvii 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

7. Photo 1000/11(1172)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1172)
Title:
Display of Irula and Kurumba artefacts, from the Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Nets, baskets, spears, bows, etc. Plate lxxviii 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 1871
Extent:
1 item

8. 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

9. Photo 1000/42(4399)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4399)
Title:
Kurumbas, with house, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of three women and a man seated in front of a thatched Kurumba house. Note wall-painting on exterior of house. Duplicate of print 1119.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/42(4400)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4400)
Title:
Kurumba man's head, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-face head and shoulders portrait, with measuring rule. Duplicate of print 1120.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item