Caption

Portrait of two unknown women from the Irula tribe of the Nilgiri mountains in Tamil Nadu, India, photograph, page, number: '438.', inscription: 'IRULA WOMEN., NEELGERRY HILLS.', Nilgiris, c. 1865 - in or before 1875, photographer, South India, Tamil Nadu, paper, albumen print, height 165 mm x width 119 mm, human races, peoples, nationalities, A faded sepia photograph shows two seated women wearing draped cloth garments and multiple necklaces and bracelets; one woman sits upright with her hands resting in her lap while the other sits lower with an elbow propped on a knee and her hand supporting her face, both barefoot on a textured ground, with a plain light background and a rectangular bordered panel beneath the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B04_100

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.6Mb (6.8Mb) / 11.8in x 19.0in / 3536 x 5692 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait two unknown women Irula tribe Nilgiri mountains Tamil Nadu India photograph page number 438 inscription Irula Women Neelgerry Hills Nilgiris c 1865 - 1875 photographer South India paper albumen print height 165 mm x width 119 mm human races peoples nationalities faded sepia photograph two seated women wearing draped cloth garments multiple necklaces bracelets woman sits upright hands resting lap sits lower elbow propped knee hand supporting face barefoot textured ground plain light background rectangular bordered panel beneath image