Kirumbala tribal group
Photograph
mid 19th century (made)
mid 19th century (made)
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A family portrait of the Kirumbala tribe in the Nilgiri hills depicting a man, his wife holding a baby, and a child, shown standing in an open landscape.
Object details
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Title | Kirumbala tribal group (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Black and white photograph |
Brief description | Photograph of a Kirumbala tribal group by an unknown photographer from Madras School of Industrial Arts, Southern India, 19th century. |
Physical description | A family portrait of the Kirumbala tribe in the Nilgiri hills depicting a man, his wife holding a baby, and a child, shown standing in an open landscape. |
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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. |
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Accession number | 59342 |
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Record created | June 11, 2003 |
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