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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 17

31. Photo 17/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(11)
Title:
'All in', releasing the trapdoor. This photograph was taken just before the ponderous gate was dropped as the last of the herd passed into the inner stockade. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events This print is in the duplicate album, Photo 430/60. Subjects = animals; elephants; kheddas; Kitchener of Khartoum Collection Location = India; Karnataka; Mysore district
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 17/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(12)
Title:
The unsuspecting herd entering the inner stockade. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: ' The inner or tying-up stockade is just large enough to contain the captured herd and the 'koomkies' or trained elephants which are employed for the noosing and subsequent tying-up operations. It is cleverly disguised with foliage and boughs as the photo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 17/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(13)
Title:
The impounded herd make a rush for the kheddah gate Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'This picture forms a striking contrast to the preceding one and it is difficult to realize that it has been taken from the same spot. The mass of boughs and foliage which went to make up the disguise of the Kheddah has been trampled down and swept away b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

34. Photo 17/2(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(14)
Title:
Another view of the impounded herd. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'Baffled in every attempt to find a way out of the stockade, the herd appeared to be seized with a sense of shame and humiliation at finding themselves in so helpless a position, and sought consolation in huddling themselves together with their heads turn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

35. Photo 17/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(15)
Title:
'Koomkies' (Tame elephants) entering the inner stockade. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'On the right of the picture is seen the first of the 'koomkies', a magnificent beast, entering with a decided yet cautious step towards the herd who have mobbed together at the far end of the enclosure. It is an anxious moment as one can never be certain...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

36. Photo 17/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(16)
Title:
The herd retiring before the 'koomkies'. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'As will be noticed from this photograph the 'koomkies', without exception, are magnificent animals capable of coping with the strongest of the strong. This is very necessary for should the capture contain an ill-tempered tusker, or a refractory cow, seri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

37. Photo 17/2(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(17)
Title:
A 'koomkie' punishing a troublesome cow. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'Occasionally the 'koomkies' asserted themselves and by what appeared a gentle prod would bodily lift an offender off its legs rolling him completely over. This was evidently meant and taken far more seriously than one would suppose, for an elephant so pu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

38. Photo 17/2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(18)
Title:
'Koomkies' at work in the inner stockade. This photograph shows a group of 'koomkies' whose mahouts are in apparant consultation before actually proceeding to work. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events This print is in the duplicate album, Photo 430/60. Subjects = animals; elephants; kheddas; Kitchener of Khartoum Collection Location = India; Karnataka; Mysore district
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

39. Photo 17/2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(19)
Title:
Tying up operations - hobbling a big tusker. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'A fine young tusker was the first to be singled out by the mahouts for attention. A couple of 'koomkies' were cleverly worked into the herd and after many failures eventually backed themselves in on either side of him, in this way, he was quickly secured...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item

40. Photo 17/2(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 17/2(20)
Title:
An anxious moment . 'Koomkies' about to enter the inner stockade. Photographer: Barton Son and Company
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Caption reads: 'This subject is very similar to illustration No. 15, but shows more of the captured herd and its surroundings'. This print is in the duplicate album, Photo 430/60. Subjects = animals; elephants; kheddas; Kitchener of Khartoum Collection Location = In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1906
Extent:
1 item