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Subject Todas

31. 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

32. Photo 1000/42(4389)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4389)
Title:
Toda men and women, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length group of two men (one elderly) and a young woman.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 1000/42(4390)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4390)
Title:
Toda women, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of three women, two seated, one standing.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 1000/42(4391)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4391)
Title:
Toda man, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders portrait of a Toda man, his right arm held across his breast. Duplicate at print 1100.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 1000/42(4392)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4392)
Title:
Toda woman, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders portrait of a Toda woman, her right arm held across his breast. Duplicate of print 1101.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 1000/42(4393)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4393)
Title:
Toda man's head, Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Head and shoulders profile, with a measuring rule placed to indicate scale. Duplicate of print 1102.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 1000/42(4394)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/42(4394)
Title:
Todas with clubs, etc., Nilgiri Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Group of four Toda men, carrying spears and clubs. One figure appears to be playing a flute-like instrument, while the crouching figure on the left holds a stringed instrument. Duplicate of print 1107.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 1102/2(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1102/2(72)
Title:
A Toda Mund, Ootacamund. Photographer: Penn, Albert Thomas Watson
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) General view of Toda mund or village, with a few figures posed on the open ground in front of the houses.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 1224/1(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(78)
Title:
Todars. Aborigines of the [Nilgiri] Hills. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 2020 in the negative. Posed group of Toda men and women, seated in front of a Toda house. The Bourne and Shepherd catalogue titles this photograph: 'The Neilgherries: Toda Mund, village and Todas.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 1256/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1256/5
Title:
Brand Collection: Panoramic photographs of South India. Photographer unknown
Scope & Content:
Collection of 32 loose prints, the majority panoramic in format and probably the work of a commercial photographer, showing South Indian scenes, mainly in the vicinity of Ootacamund and including waterfalls, Toda groups and railway views. From the collection of Arthur Reginald Brand (1895-1971),...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930s
Extent:
Unspecified