Todas

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: ca. 1865 in Madras

maker:: Samuel Bourne

Oval-shaped albumen print by Samuel Bourne

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Oval-shaped albumen print by Samuel Bourne
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Oval-shaped albumen print by Samuel Bourne, on original album page, titled 'Todas', ca. 1865. Studio portrait of two Toda villagers (one male, one female holding a baby) posed in front of a canvas backdrop. The Toda people are a Dravidian ethnic group that live in the Nilgiri Mountains of Tamil Nadu, south India. This photograph was once part of a 19th century album containing views of colonial India and Asia.

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Category:: Photographs

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/16544

Materials:: paper (fibre product)

Measurements:: overall: 303 mm x 356 mm

type:: photograph

credit:: Kodak Collection, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford

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