Photograph
mid 19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Group portrait of Toda women wearing traditional hairstyles and clothing depicted standing against a plain white wall. This hill tribe are widely recognised in India for their traditional marriage rituals associated with dairy farming in the Niligiri hills.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Black and white photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph of Toda women by unknown photographer from Madras School of Industrial Arts, Southern India, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Group portrait of Toda women wearing traditional hairstyles and clothing depicted standing against a plain white wall. This hill tribe are widely recognised in India for their traditional marriage rituals associated with dairy farming in the Niligiri hills. |
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| 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 types, but unlike much of the anthropometric imagery of the period, the photographer appears to have adopted a more sensitive approach to the sitters. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 59358 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2003 |
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