Portrait of Madeo and Kali, siblings from the Kurumba tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India, photograph, page, inscription: 'KURUBARS OR KURUMBARS., PRIMITIVE TRIBE., COORG AND NEELGERRIES', number: '430.', Nilgiris, c. 1865 - in or before 1875, photographer, South India, Tamil Nadu, paper, albumen print, height 130 mm x width 81 mm, brothers or sisters (second degree family relationships), human races, peoples, nationalities, A sepia-toned photograph shows two barefoot young people standing side by side on a plain ground in front of a backdrop with a soft gradient. Both have thick, curly hair and neutral facial expressions. The person on the left wears a wrapped garment over the shoulders and around the waist, holds a vertical staff with both hands, and has a visible belt or cord at the waist. The person on the right is wrapped in a single cloth draped around the torso and hanging down, with arms relaxed at the sides. The image is framed with rounded top corners and is m...
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Portrait of Madeo and Kali, siblings from the Kurumba tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India, photograph, page, inscription: 'KURUBARS OR KURUMBARS., PRIMITIVE TRIBE., COORG AND NEELGERRIES', number: '430.', Nilgiris, c. 1865 - in or before 1875, photographer, South India, Tamil Nadu, paper, albumen print, height 130 mm x width 81 mm, brothers or sisters (second degree family relationships), human races, peoples, nationalities, A sepia-toned photograph shows two barefoot young people standing side by side on a plain ground in front of a backdrop with a soft gradient. Both have thick, curly hair and neutral facial expressions. The person on the left wears a wrapped garment over the shoulders and around the waist, holds a vertical staff with both hands, and has a visible belt or cord at the waist. The person on the right is wrapped in a single cloth draped around the torso and hanging down, with arms relaxed at the sides. The image is framed with rounded top corners and is mounted on a light background with a rectangular label area below containing printed lines of text.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Portrait Madeo Kali siblings Kurumba tribe Nilgiri mountains Tamil Nadu India photograph page inscription Kurubars Kurumbars Primitive Tribe Coorg Neelgerries number 430 Nilgiris c 1865 - 1875 photographer South India paper albumen print height 130 mm x width 81 mm brothers sisters second degree family relationships human races peoples nationalities sepia-toned photograph two barefoot young people standing side plain ground front backdrop soft gradient thick curly hair neutral facial expressions person left wears wrapped garment shoulders waist holds vertical staff hands visible belt cord right wrapped single cloth draped torso hanging down arms relaxed sides image framed rounded top corners mounted light background rectangular label area containing printed lines text

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