1. Mss Eur F191/332(1384)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F191/332(1384)
- Title:
- From Erode: South Kanara. Just over the frontier of Coorg, Sullia is in the foothills of the Western ghats. The region is notorious for malaria; the Collector would not allow the Bakes to stay overnight in the Travellers Bungalow. In that notorious T. B. it was very quiet and Bake made several records there. Most people who came were Pariyahs, who had harvest- and agricultural songs. Owing to the help of a friend of Karanth we also got there a devildancer, whose movements I could film and w...
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a devildancer, whose movements Bake could film and whose constume he photographed. The sword in his right hand and the bell in his left, visible in 152, belong to his equipment, just as in Mangalore.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Jun 1938
- Extent:
- 1 item