Search

040-003298068

41. Photo 972, 8(431)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(431)
Title:
Kurumbars. Neelgherries. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Kurumbas; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 8, 1875)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 972, 8(432)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(432)
Title:
Kurumbars. Neelgherries. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = ethnic groups; Kurumbas; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 8, 1875)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 972, 8(444)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(444)
Title:
Grass Cutters. Hindoos. Madras. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Family group, posed among piles of grass. 'The women grasscutters of Madras are a very industrious and useful race. Many of them are attached to cavalry regiments with regular pay, and their business is to furnish daily a bundle of grass or grass roots, which h...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 972, 8(446)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(446)
Title:
Carpenters. Hindoos. Madras. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group of carpenters at work, engaged in making a piece of furniture in European style. 'The operation of turning is shown in the plate: a square frame, consisting of two heavy pieces of wood for sides, with cross pieces which pass through the sides,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 972, 8(448)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(448)
Title:
Blacksmiths. Hindoos. Madras. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. View of three blacksmiths at work. 'The plate represents a blacksmith seated at his forge, accompanied by his bellows boy and hammer man...The tools of an Indian blacksmith are very simple: a few steel faced hammers, including the heavy one used by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 972, 8(449)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(449)
Title:
Mallees. Hindoos. Madras. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group of three gardeners: 'The men represented are evidently making up their baskets for market: one is selecting them, another is washing them in a tub, and the third is probably pulling beans of a favourite sort, which are universally used, and wh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 972, 8(450)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(450)
Title:
Chumars. Hindoos. Madras. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Oval image. Group of three squatting figures (two women and a man). 'The Chumars are the very lowest grade of Hindoo caste, and act as tanners, cobblers, and rough shoe and sandal makers. They are evidently of the aboriginal tribes of India, as is shown by thei...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 972, 8(451)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(451)
Title:
Ghorawalla. Hindoos. Madras. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of four horsekeepers or syces. 'The men represented are evidently cleaning the saddle and accoutrements of some cavalry officer, and they are very careful in their work. Not infrequently Ghorawallas are dressed in smart liveries, and if not, are always cl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 972, 8(464)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(464)
Title:
Group of Burmese. Lower Provinces. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated group of four figures, two men and two women. Subjects = Burmese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; printed books; Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (8 vols, 1868-75); Watson and Kaye, 'People of India' (vol 8, 1875)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 972, 8(433)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 972, 8(433)
Title:
Toda Men. Neelgherry Hills. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two seated Toda men, with background blocked out. 'There is probably no ancient tribe in India so interesting as these entirely isolated Todas, isolated alike by position as by ethnological peculiarity. As yet, however, they have baffled...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item