Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of three seated men, the central figure armed with a double-barrelled shotgun, the other two with swords: 'Group No. 2 consists of Rajpoots of the Rahikwar tribe located in the Fort of Gawilghur. The central figure often accompanies gentlemen in pursuit o...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Portrait of three ascetics, seated cross-legged on the ground: 'Byragies like Gosaies may be of any caste, except that of Brahmin. The majority wander from place to place visiting the principal shrines in India. All however are devoted to the worshi...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Seated portrait of the fakir, seated cross-legged on the ground and wearing a conical hat: 'The meaning of the term Banwa is indifference to whatever is worldly. The Fakir of which the above is an illustration is of the Mahomedan persuasion, and mor...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four figures, seated with matchlocks: 'Ratores are natives of Rajpootana, and of the caste known as Ratore Rajpoots. Those settled in Berar are employed in escorting the treasure of Marwari bankers, and cloth merchants, and in guarding their houses at ...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two men, seated on the floor: 'The lawless body known as the Rohilla marauders of the Deccan are either natives of the ridges adjoining Peshawur, or descendants of men of the same race who have taken service with the chiefs of the Deccan during trou...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Portrait of two seated Komar men, with a stack of three pots placed between them: 'Komars are located in all the towns and large villages of Berar. They belong to the Suder or fourth division of caste, and live principally, if not entirely by the sa...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Seated portrait of two men: 'The Gowlies of Berar are of the same caste as the Aheers of the North-Western Provinces, and are located in all the towns, and in most of the large villages of Berar. They live principally, if not entirely upon the dairy...