Cassevaroo Woman
Photograph
c.1865-70 (photographed)
c.1865-70 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
A woman wearing traditional jewelley is depicted leaning against a wall with her left hand raised to her chest, from the Cassevaroo tribe in the Nilgiri Hills.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Cassevaroo Woman (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by an unknown photographer from Madras School of Industrial Arts, Southern India, 'Cassevaroo Woman', albumen print, 19th century. |
| Physical description | A woman wearing traditional jewelley is depicted leaning against a wall with her left hand raised to her chest, from the Cassevaroo tribe in the Nilgiri Hills. |
| Dimensions |
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| Content description | Cassevaroo: an artisan caste of Andhra Pradesh. Today known as the Kasevaru. |
| Style | |
| Gallery label | Madras School of Industrial Arts
‘Toda Man’, ‘Toda Woman’,
‘Casserarow Woman’, ‘Guler Man’
1860s
These portraits are from a series of 21 by an unknown
photographer from the Madras School of Industrial
Arts. The photographs were probably taken in
response to official requests for images of South
Asian ethnic groups. In contrast to many ethnographic
photographs of the period, an unusually sensitive
approach to the sitters has been adopted here.
Albumen prints
Museum nos. 59.361, 59.358, 59.345, 59.347
(07 03 2014) |
| Credit line | Margrave Bequest |
| Object history | This portrait is one in a series of twenty one images by an unidentified photographer from the Madras School of Industrial Arts. It was probably taken in response to official requests for portraits of South Asian ethnic. It probably dates to 1865-70, following the direction in 1861 to obtain 'photographic likenesses' of the 'more remarkable of the native tribes within the Madras territories types, but unlike much of the anthropometric imagery of the period, the photographer appears to have adopted a more sensitive approach to the sitters. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Association | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 59345 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2003 |
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