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Papers of Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
Papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's anthropological fieldwork in India
Diaries
Diary, Bombay-Simla 1936, Angami Nagas, Konyak Nagas and Ao Nagas
Diary, Konyak Nagas, Ao Nagas, Sangtam Nagas, Chang Nagas and Noklak-Pangsha
Diary, Tour in Chang and Kalyo Kengyu country, Ao Nagas, Konyak Nagas, Shillong, and the Abor Hills
Diary, Konyak Nagas
Diary, Konyak Nagas, Shillong and South India
Diary, Maduna
Diary, Hyderabad, by Betty Fürer-Haimendorf
Diary, Hyderabad, by Betty Fürer-Haimendorf
Diary, Nasik
Diary, Sanlapalli
Diary, Malkanagiri
Diary, Kerimeri
Diary, Warupati
Diary of first tour to the Apa Tani Valley in the Subansiri Region, North East Frontier Agency [Arun...
Diary, Camp Dula
Diary of tour in the Subansiri Region, North East Frontier Agency [Arunachal Pradesh]
Diaries of tours in the Warangal and Mabubinagar Districts of Hyderabad State, 1946
Diary, Galkund
Diary, Nepal, 1957 (I) (Kathmandu, Khumjung)
Diary, Nepal, 1957 (II) (Khumjung, Chanri Kharka)
Diary, Nepal, 1957 (Rai Villages, Arun, Chepua, Taplejung)
Diary, Nepal, 1962 (Hang, Apa Tani Valley, Tukche, Dolpo, Phalak)
Diary, Thak Khola, 1962
Diary, Nepal, 1966 (1) (Dilikot, Hat Sinja/Lubra, Mangri, Dang, Jumla-Sinja, Mugu/Rara)
Diary, Nepal, 1966 (2) (Lamas, Taranga, Jumla-Dhorpatan)
Diary, Manila, Philippines
Diary, Lagawe, Philippines
Diary, Assam, Nagaland, NEFA, Adilabad 1970; Bihar 1971
Diary, Nepal, 1971 (Khumjung, Junbesi, Th-Bthencholing)
Diary, 1972, Humla - Suiket (II)
Diary, East Lansing; Chicago
Diary, Nepal 1974
Diary, Nepal 1976 (Kathmandu, Pokhara, Tukche, Marpha, Kobang, Baragaon, Mustang, Tetang, Dzong, Dza...
Diary, Andhra Pradesh; Adilabad
Diary, Andhra Pradesh (Marlavai, Ginnedhari, Amrabad (Chenchus), Kurnool, Bhadrachellam, Paderu, Ka...
Diary, Assam, Shillong, Arunachal Pradesh, Hapoli (Apa Tani)
Diary, Andhra Pradesh (Mulug Taluk, Aheri, Bhamragash, Ashwaraopet, Gogulapudi, Maredumilli, Srikaku...
Diary, Itanagar - Tawang
Diary, Nepal 1981 (Nar, Phu)
Diary, 1985 (Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore)
Computer print-out of diary entries, 02 Jun 1936 - 11 Jul 1936
Computer print-out of diary entries, 28 Aug 1936 - 13 Sept 1936.
Unidentified diary (or copy of a diary?) containing entries for Mania, 04 Mar - Khumjung, 28 June (n...
Pages from an unidentified diary, containing entries for Jumla, 13 March, to Barakot, 19 March
Copies of pages from Betty's Chenchu diaries.
File of loose pages and extracts from diares. Includes extracts from Betty's diaries, on the Chenchu...
Field-notes
Nagas
Angami Naga (No.1)
Angami Naga (No.2)
Konyak Naga (No.3)
Konyak Naga (No.4), Thendu Group
Konyak Naga (No.5)
Konyak Naga (No.6), villages of Wakching and Tamlu
Konyak Naga (No.7)
Konyak Naga (No.8)
Konyak Naga (No.9)
Konyak Naga (No.10)
Konyak Naga (No.11)
Konyak Naga (No.12)
Konyak Naga (No.13)
Konyak Naga (No.14)
Konyak Naga (No.15)
Konyak Naga (No.16)
Notes on Naga languages (No. 1)
Miscellaneous notes on the language of the Konyak Nagas (Sp. No. 2)
Miscellaneous notes on the language of the Konyak Nagas (No. 3)
Excerpts from the Ahoni-Buranji (Chronicles) relating to the Nagas (No. 6)
Notes on the language of the Konyak Nagas (No. 7)
Notes on the language of the Konyak Nagas (No. 8)
Konyak language (No. 9)
Abor (Sp. 5)
Assamese
Assam-Nagaland-NEFA-Marlavai, 1970
Miscellaneous note books
Note book containing statistics taken from areas in Hyderabad State, including Marlavai and Jainur.
Note book containing analysis of Thakali and others in Tukche. Includes statistics on population, li...
Note book containing statistics of Thakali and others in Tukche. Includes observations of trade and ...
Camp Clothes. Note book containing accounts for camp equipment, clotes, medicine, and expenditure.
Note book containing domestic accounts
Hyderabad. Note book containing language notes (Betty Haimendorf ?)
Note book containing notes on Kolams, Naik Pods (Betty Haimendorf ?)
Four God Myth
Gond songs, text and discs.
Notebook containing rough notes on Nepal
Note book containing lists of words from Nepal/Tibet, with English explanations of meaning.
Note book containing notes on Tarakot, including textiles and other commodities, salt, horses and sh...
Note book containing statistics on Sherpa, Tibetan, Nepali, Indian populations, including occupation...
Note book containing notes on 'The Uprooted Tibetans in India', by Girija Saklani.
Note book containing draft text on Nepal/Tibet
Note book containing notes on the historical background of Ganden Chendeling (later called Mongolian...
Note book containing rough notes on Nepal
Note book containing rough notes on Far West Nepal
Note book containing rough notes on Nepal, including Muslims, industry, temples, electricity, roads,...
Note book containing rough notes (on Nepal ?)
Note book containing notes on statistics taken from The Census of India, 1961/1971
Note book containing notes on statistics taken from The Census of India, 1961/1971
Note book containing notes on the history of rulers of India
Note book containing notes on the 'Ritual Circle of the Akor'; Gliuisi, East Africa; Nadil; Gonds in...
Note book containing notes on Gonds and Reddi.
Note book containing notes on Philippine cultural minorities, aand language notes
Note book containing skeleton house-list of Hinyous; notes on reasons for the progress of the people...
Note book containing house-list; notes on Manans
Note book containing rough notes on religious building/s
Note book containing rough notes, including notes on the Apa Tanis.
Note book containing rough notes. Includes bibliographic references
Note book containing rough notes, including diagrams representing kinship relations
Note book containing rough notes, including bibliographic references
Note book containing rough notes, including house-list, notes on agricultural rights
Note book containing addresses of contacts in India and Nepal
Note book containing word lists
Note book containing accounts on daily expenditure on food
Note book bearing the initials 'D.J.'
File containing extracts and rough indexes for various field note books
Chenchus
C. NB. 1, Chenchu Notes on the Chenchus, a tribe of hunters and foodgatherers in Mohbubnagar Distric...
C. NB. 2, Chenchu Notes on the Chenchus, a tribe of hunters and foodgatherers in Mohbubnagar Distric...
C. NB. 3, Chenchu Notes on the Chenchus, a tribe of hunters and foodgatherers in Mohbubnagar Distric...
B. NB. 2 Betty Fürer-Haimendorf's field-notes, including notes on the Thokal people
B.P. 4 Field notes by Christoph and Betty Fürer-Haimendorf (?), including notes on Naik; Muduli; Bi...
Rough notebook containing notes on the Chenchus
Notes from return visit to the Chenchus in 1977, including notes on Chenchus in Amrabad Taluk (forme...
Skikakulam - Adilabad, 1979
Reddis (Koyas and Konda Reddis)
N.B. 1, Notes on Koyas, a Gondi speaking tribe of the Districts of Warangal and Kamman, Andhra Prade...
N.B. 2, Notes on Konda Reddis, a telugu speaking tribe of shifting cultivation in the Kamman Distric...
Reddi 1, Betty Betty Haimendorf's field-notes
Reddi 2, Betty Betty Haimendorf's field-notes
N.B. 6, Betty. Notes on Konda Reddi, a tribe of shifting-cultivators in the Kamman District of Andhr...
Rough notebook, includes notes on the Koyas
Bondos and Gadabas
Bondo, 1941. Notes on the Bondo of the Koraput District of Orissa
Gadaba and Bondo, 1941. Notes on the Gadabas, a Munda speaking tribe in the hills of the Koraput Dis...
Notes on the Bondo of Koraput District, Orissa
Betty Fürer-Haimendorf's field-notes, including entries from Mudulipara
I, Orissa Koraput, including entries from Badaguda
Orissa, Gadaba
Rough notebook, including notes on Bondos, Gadabas and Gond villages
Rough notebook, including notes on Gadabas
1981 Gadaba-Bondo / 1982 Adilabad
Gonds
Gond 1, Hyderabad. Notes on Gonds of Asifabad Talug of Adilabad District, recorded on the first visi...
Gond 2, Hyderabad. recorded during early weeks of fieldwork among the Raj Gonds of Adilabad District...
Gond 3, Hyderabad, Raj Gonds. Notes taken on an exploratory tour in Adilabad District of Hyderabad S...
Gond 4, Raj Gonds of Adilabad District, Hyderabad State. Notes deal with Raj Gonds of Marlavai Villa...
Gond 5, 1942. Notes made in the first year of fieldwork mong Raj Gonds of Adilabad District, mainly ...
Gond 6, 1942, Hyderabad
Gond 7, 1942, Hyderabad. Contains some Gondi texts.
Gond 8, 1942, London. Notes made during the year 1942, mainly in the Raj Gond Village of Marlavai.
Gond 9, Hyderabad. Notes relating mainly to the Raj Gonds of Utum Taluk of Adilabad District. Includ...
Gond 10, 1942, Hyderabad
Gond 11, 1942, Hyderabad.
Gond 12, 1942, Hyderabad.
Gond 13, 1942, Hyderabad
Gond 14, 1942, Hyderabad.
Gond 15. Notes on Raj Gonds.
Gond 16, Hyderabad.
Gond 17, Hyderabad.
Gond 18, Hyderabad, Koya, Konda Reddi.
Gond, 1943. Contains notes on Koyas, Hill Reddis and Raj Gonds
Gond 19, Hyderabad, 1946. Koya, school teachers, list of Koya villages, forest problems, Mulug
Gond 20, Hyderabad, 1947. Notes on Chenchus and Koyas.
Gond 21. Notes relating to Bhils of Aurangabad District. Koyas of Warangal District. Raj Gonds of Ad...
Gond 22, Hyderabad. Subansiri, 1944. Koyas. Kamaram Training Centre. Kolam (Ayak).
Gond 23, Hyderabad, 1949. Chenchu. Koya.
Gond 24, London. Notes relating mainly to Gonds of Adilabad and to Koyas of the Paloncha region (Kha...
Betty, Gond. Notes by Betty Fürer-Haimendorf on the Gonds.
No. 1, 1976, Utnur, Gond. Notes on return visit to the Raj Gonds of Adilabad, 1976. Gonds of Kanchan...
NB. 2, Gond, 1977. Notes made in Gond village of Marlavai.
NB. 3, Gond, 1976. Notes on return visit to the Raj Gonds of Adilabad District in 1976.
NB. 4, Gond.
NB. 5, Koyas, Gonds, 1978-1979.
NB. 6, Reddi, Koya, Chenchu.
Apa Tanis
A.Tanang No. 1, Apa Tanis, Daflas. Arunachal Pradesh, 1944.
A. Tanang, No. 2, Arunachal Pradesh, 1944.
Apa Tanang, No. 3, Arunachal Pradesh, 1944.
No. 4, Daflas, Apa Tanangs, Miris. Arunachal Pradesh, 1945.
No. 5, Miris. Arunachal Pradesh, 1945.
No. 6, Miris, Apa Tanangs. Arunachal Pradesh, 1945.
Apa Tani. Wanchu. 1962.
Apa Tani 1, 1978.
No. 2, Apa Tani, Nishi, 1978.
Other tribes, including Kerala (South India)
Wynad, Nilgiris, 1948. Malabar, 1953 (No. 6)
1953, No. 1. Miscellaneous notes on the tribes of the Dang District (now Maharashtia) dealing with B...
1953, No. 2. Notes taken on a tour through Karnatak and Kerala in 1953.
1953, No. 3, Kerala (Wynad).
1953, No. 4, India. Kerala.
1953, No. 5, South India.
South India. Notes and house lists.
South India. Rough note book.
South India. Rough note book.
Nepal
Nepal 1, 1953
Nepal 2, 1953
Nepal 3, 1953. Rais (Zimi)
Nepal 4, 1953.
Nepal, 1955
Nepal (Sherpa), 1957, No. 5
Nepal (Sherpa), 1957, No. 6
Nepal 7, House List
Nepal (Sherpa) 1957, No.8
Nepal, 1957, No.9
Nepal, 1957, No.10
Nepal, 1957, No.11
Nepal, 1957, No.12. Gurug.
Nepal, 1958, No.14.
Nepal, 1962, No.1
Nepal, 1962, 2
Nepal, 1962, 3
Nepal, 1962, 4
Nepal, 1962, 5
Nepal, 1962, 6
House list of Tukche, Larjung, Kobang, 1962
Ceylon / Nepal, 1964
Nepal, 1966
Nepal, 1966, No. 2. Jumla
Nepal, 1966, No. 3.
Nepal, 1966, No. 4.
Nepal, 1966, No.5. House lists.
Nepal, 1966, No.6.
Nepal, 1966.
Nepal, 1966.
Nepal, 1966.
Sherpas (1965/1971), NB.1
Sherpas 1971, NB. 2
Nepal, 1972, No.1, Jumla-Humla
Nepal, 1972, No.2
Nepal, 1972, No.3, Jumla
Nepal, 1974, (Bigu)
Nepal, 1976 (1)
Nepal, 1976 (2).
Nepal, 1980/81.
Nepal, Nar, 1
Sherpa, 1982
Nepal, 1983.
Philippines
Philippines, 1
Philippines, 2
Research proposals and reports relating to fieldwork
'Anthropological Field Research undertaken by Professor C. Von Fürer-Haimendorf'
'Preliminary Report on Anthropological Fieldwork in Western Nepal: January-June 1966', by C. von Fü...
'Preliminary Report on Anthropological Fieldwork among the Mountain Peoples of Northern Luzon, Phili...
'A Study of Social Change in Nepal undertaken by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf'
'Notes on a Visit to Assam, Nagaland and the Northeast Frontier Agency in August and September 1970'...
'Confidential Note on Visit to Nagaland, NEFA, 1970'
'Overseas Research Leave Report', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, Professor of Asian Anthropology
'Proposal for a Re-study of Indian Tribal Societies', by Professor C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, SOAS, U...
'Note on a Visit to Adilabad District in December 1978 & January 1979', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf
'Note on a Tour in Subansiri and Kameng in March and April 1980', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf
Interim Report on 'A Re-study of the Sherpas of Nepal', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf
'Report on Fieldwork Among Tibetans in Nepal and India', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf
Outline of the Research Proposal on 'Persistence and Change of Tribal Communities in North East Indi...
'Field Trip Summary, on a study of the Dhimal Tribe of Jhapa District', 8 July-20 July 1966
Fieldwork questionnaires
Completed questionnaires on marriage, numbers 1-100
Completed questionnaires on marriage, numbers 101-226
Sample questionnaires on economic status, and kinship terms of reference
House-lists and genealogies
Sherpa genealogies
File containing miscellaneous house-lists, genealogies and associated papers
Diagrams and charts
East Nepal, showing distribution of Sherpas and Bhotias
Distribution of families and herds of Khumjung at the Yerdzang Rite
Annual Migrations of three Sherpa Yak-herds of Khumjung
Distribution of populations in the Dudh Kosi area (Nepal)
Diagram illustrating the distribution of tribal groups / households in a particular area in Nepal (l...
Table recording observations of various tribes - Sholigars, Paniyans (or Paliyans), Irulas, Kota, Ka...
Diagram depicting Namchebazar, Kunde, Khumjung area of Nepal
Diagram showing villages (including Namchebazar, Kunde, Khumjung, Pangboche, Phortse, Thamu, Thami,...
Table depicting the total population and tribal population of districts in India
Maps
Maps of Andhra Pradesh, India
Maps of Southern India - Madras, Mysore, Bombay
Maps of Northern India - United Provinces, Delhi, Manasarowar, Kashmir and Jammu and Gilgit Agency
Maps of Northeastern India - Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Assam/Burma; Assam/Tibet
Maps of Nepal and Tibet
Maps of Nepal and Tibet
Maps of Nepal and Tibet
Maps of Ceylon
Maps of India / map of the World
Maps showing particular features, including population distribution, tribal boundaries and ethnic gr...
Manuscript maps showing particular features, including population distribution, tribal groups, and t...
Miscellaneous maps and plans (published and manuscript)
Official correspondence and permits to travel
Official correspondence and permits to travel
Miscellaneous papers relating to fieldwork
Travel itineraries, expenses and equipment lists for various anthropological fieldwork trips.
Papers relating to anthropological fieldwork in the Manag and Muktineth regions of Nepal
Papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's visit to the Subansiri region, 1978-9, 1980
Papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's involvement with tribal welfare and development, Andhra Prade...
Tour Notes
Note on a visit to the prehistoric burial-grounds of Janampett in the Paloncha Taluks of the Waranga...
Tour Diary of Mr. F.P. Mainprice, I.C.S., Assistant Political Officer, Lohit Valley Sub-Agency, for ...
Extract from the Tour Notes of the Honorable Revenue and Police Member (W.V. Grigson, Esqr., CSI, IC...
Tour Diary of the Adviser for Tribes and Backward Classes for the month of Farwardi, 1355 Fasli
Tour Notes of the Adviser for Tribes and Backward Classes (Baron C. Fürer-Haimendorf), Adilabad Dis...
Correspondence between Fürer-Haimendorf and the Revenue Department of the Nizam's Government
Correspondence between Fürer-Haimendorf and the Revenue Department of the Nizam's Government, inclu...
Reports on Hyderabad Tribal Affairs
File of miscellaneous reports on Indian tribal welfare and development, chiefly concerning the work ...
Gondi Reading Charts
Gondi Reading Charts
Correspondence with tribesmen concerning the alienation of tribal land
File of correspondence from local Gonds tribesmen and village representatives concerning their gr...
Notes on the position of Indian tribal populations
File of notes relating to tribal problems as observed in the various districts of Andhra Pradesh bet...
Press cuttings
Press cuttings and pamphlets collected by Frer-Haimendorf, concerning tribal affairs in India, parti...
Government reports and publications
File of government reports and publications, concerning schemes addressing tribal welfare in India
File of government reports and publications, concerning schemes addressing tribal welfare in India
Miscellaneous papers on tribal welfare
Miscellaneous notes and papers relating to tribal welfare in Andhra Pradesh
Working papers for teaching and research
Conference and symposia papers
Papers from Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research symposia
Papers from S. C. Roy Centenary Celebration, Ranchi, India, 1971
Papers from IXth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chacago, 1973
Papers from Symposium on 'Hunger, Work and the Quality of Life', Xth Congress, International Union o...
File of papers from various symposia and discussions attended by Fürer-Haimendorf
Lectures and seminar papers
Notes for LSE Seminar given by Fürer-Haimendorf
The Historical Value of Indian Bardic Literature, by Fürer-Haimendorf, SOAS History Conference, 195...
The Social Background of Cattle-Domestication in India, by Fürer-Haimendorf, RAI
Address given by Fürer-Haimendorf at the State Seminar on 'Tribal Welfare', Tribal Cultural & Resea...
Traditional Leadership in Indian Tribal Societies, by Fürer-Haimendorf, delivered at 'Leadership in...
Transcript of address made by Fürer-Haimendorf at seminar on Tribal Economy, with letter from Anthr...
Le Role Du Monasterie Dans La Societe Sherpa. Lecture on Sherpas delivered in French, by Fürer-Haim...
A Philosophy for NEFA in Retrospect. Dr. Verrier Elwin Memorial Lecture, delivered by Fürer-Haimend...
The Position of Tribal Societies in Modern India. Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture, delivered by Für...
Draft of introductory talk to Konyak Nagas, by Fürer-Haimendorf
Aristocracy Seminar, Inherited Rank in Indian Tribal Societies?, notes by Fürer-Haimendorf
Notes on the Munro Lectures, Edinburgh, delivered by Fürer-Haimendorf
Notes for lectures on general anthropology (Asia), for Colegio de Mexico
Miscellaneous notes on courses and lectures.
Working papers (subject files)
General notes on anthropology
ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India. Reports, correspondence and notes relating to the work of the Internation...
Tribal societies. Notes on Hill Reddis, Murias, Gonds and Bondo, concerning topics such as caste, la...
Notes and extracts on Social Controls in Indian Tribal Societies
Notes, extracts and articles on Tribal Religions of India
Notes and extracts on various aspects of the caste system in India and Ceylon
Pages from articles by Fürer-Haimendorf on Moral Concepts
Notes and extracts by Fürer-Haimendorf on Hill Tribes of NEFA
Notes for 'Traders', Nepal
Nepal - miscellaneous notes (1)
Nepal - miscellaneous notes (2)
Thak Khola - miscellaneous notes (1)
Thak Khola - miscellaneous notes (2)
Sherpa (1)
Sherpa (2)
Marg Evans - Tibetan
Central Asia and Mongolia
Notes and extracts on South-West Asia / Arab Asia
Ceylon
Japan
Philippines
Bhutan
Himalayan treks
Miscellaneous notes on 'tribal' groups
Gonds - miscellaneous notes
Gonds, Koya, Reddis - miscellaneous notes
File of miscellaenous notes on marriage (possibly Gonds?)
File of miscellaneous subject notes
Working papers created by Nebesky-Wojkowitz
File containing notes on Tibetan dance as described in the 'chams yig', used in the publication Tibe...
(3) Excerpts. Notes and extracts from texts on Tibet
(5) Tibet
(8) Notes 2. Correspondence with Dr. Nbesky-Wojkowitz, Institute of Ethnology, Vienna (1957-1958)
(10) Notes and extracts from texts on Nepal and Tibet
(11) Der Schamanismus
(12) Sibirien
(13) Notes and extracts on texts about Tibet
Miscellaneous notes on Nepal and Tibet
Notes and word-lists on medical terminology (English-Tibetan)
Notes and diagrams of weapons and jewellery; observational notes on ceremonies
Set of hand-written cards, which record information on plants and flowers, stones and minerals, shel...
Publications and accompanying material
Published texts and articles
'The Naked Nagas', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf (London, 1939)
'Exploration in the Eastern Himalayas: Diaries of Travel in the Subansiri Area 1944 and 1945', by C....
'The Aboriginal Problem in Mulug and Narsampet Taluqs: a Tour Diary', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, A...
'The Apa Tanis and their Neighbours: a Primitive Society of the Eastern Himalayas', by C. von Fürer...
'The Gonds of Central India. The Material Culture of the Gonds of Chhindwara District, Madhya Prades...
'Tribal Populations and Cultures of the Indian Subcontinent', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf (Leiden, 1...
'Life among Indian tribes: the autobiography of an anthropologist', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf (Del...
'Zur Frage der Herkunft der Buffel-haltung auf den Philippinen', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf (Wien, ...
'The Sacred Founder's Kin among the Eastern Angami Nagas', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf and J. P. Mil...
'Food from Forests', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from The Hyderabad Forest Magazine, Vol.III, No.1,...
'The Aboriginal Tribes of Hyderabad', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from The Hyderabad Government Bul...
'The Cult of Ayak among the Kolams of Hyderabad', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, in Sonderabdruck aus ...
'The After-Life in Indian Tribal Belief' (the Frazer Lecture in Social Anthropology, 1951), by C. vo...
'Religious Beliefs and Ritual Practices of the Minyong Abors of Assam, India', by C. von Fürer-Haim...
'The Economy of the Sherpas of Khumbu (Eastern Nepal)', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, July 1954.
'Morality and Prestige Among the Nagas', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Anthropologist & Archaeol...
'Culture History and Cultural Development', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Yearbook of Anthropolo...
'Pre-Buddhist Elements in Sherpa Belief and Ritual', by C. von Frer-Haimendorf, from MAN. A Monthly...
'The Descent Group System of the Raj Gonds', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Bulletin of the Schoo...
'The Inter-Relations of Castes and Ethnic Groups in Nepal', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Bullet...
'Die Sherpa des Khumbu-Gebietes', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, (1956).
'Notes on the Malapantaram of Travancore', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Bulletin of the Interna...
'The Role of the Monastery in Sherpa Society', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Ethnologica, Neue F...
'A Challenge to Anthropologists', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Bulletin of the International Co...
'Tribal Tradition in a Civilized World', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from The Geographical Magazine...
'Culture Change and the Conduct of Conflicts among Filipino Tribesmen', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf,...
'Tribes and Hindu Society', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Contributions to Indian Sociology, No....
'Social and Cultural Change among the Konyak Nagas', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Ethnologisc...
'The Sense of Sin in Cross-Cultural Perspective' (The Henry Myers Lecture, delivered at the British ...
'Notes on Feasts of Merit among the Ifugaos of Luzon', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Ethnos, 197...
'Die Stellung der Naturvolker in Indien und Sudostasien', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, Wien.
'Agriculture and Land Tenure among the Apa Tanis', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, from Man in India.
'Recent Developments in the Position of Indian Tribal Populations', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, fro...
'Apa Tani tribes on the road to prosperity', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, fromThe Geographical Magaz...
'Buddhistische Kulturen in Nepal', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, in Neue Burcher Beitung.
'Gurkha-Soldaten in ihrer nepalesischen Heimat', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, in Neue Burcher Beitun...
'Die Chinesische Aktion an Indiens Nordostgrenze', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, in Neue Burcher Beit...
'Das Ergebnis der Parlamentswahlen in Ceylon', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, in Neue Burcher Beitung.
'Der Wahlsieg Frau Bandaranaikes', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, in Neue Burcher Beitung.
'Neues Licht auf Indiens Fruhgeschichte', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, in Neue Zurcher Zeitung.
'Religioser Zwiespalt in Ceylon', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf, in Neue Burcher Beitung.
Rough drafts and working copies (books)
'Naga Book'. Manuscript draft of The Naked Nagas (1939).
Manuscript draft of 'The Apa Tanis and their Neighbours' (1962), Chapters III-IX.
Manuscript draft of 'The Sherpas of Nepal' (1964), Chapters II, V, VIII, IX; typescript copy of Chap...
Manuscript draft of 'Morals and Merits: a study of values and social controls in South Asian societi...
Manuscript draft of 'Morals and Merits: a study of values and social controls in South Asian societi...
Transcript draft of 'Trans-Himalayan Traders: the economy of the Sherpas and other Bhotia communitie...
Manuscript draft of 'A Himalayan Tribe from Cattle to Cash' (1980), Chapter 8.
Manuscript/typescript draft of 'Highlanders of Arunachal Pradesh' (1982), Chapters 1-4, 11.
Typescript draft of 'Tribal Populations and Cultures of the Indian Subcontinent' (1984), Chapters I-...
Typescript notes on 'Genetic and Morphological Disparities within an Indian Population' (c.1984), by...
Manuscript and typescript draft of 'Life Among Indian Tribes: the autobiography of an anthropologist...
Manuscript and typescript draft of 'The Renaissance of Tibetan Buddhist Religion and Culture Outside...
'Bayr Rundfunk, Volkerkunde', typescript draft of German text, Chapters I-VI.
'Bayr Rundfunk, Volkerkunde', typescript draft of German text, Chapters VII-XIII.
Chapters from manuscript and typescript drafts of unidentified texts, including texts on the Chenchu...
Miscellaneous introductions, prologues, contents pages, lists of illustrations from various texts ...
Rough drafts and working copies (articles)
General anthropology
'Shifting Cultivation: Man's first step towards productivity'.
'Tattooing'.
'Is "Sin" a Universal Human Concept?'
'Multiple Marriages: the range of marriage-types in anthropological perspective'
'Marriage: the institution of marriage in cross-cultural perspective'
'The Scope of Anthropology'
'The Tribal Problem'
'Wild-life and Tribes: the conflict of interests'
'Settled Cultivation and the Rise of Complex Civilisations'
'Linguistic regions and Culture Areas'
'Is there an Aboriginal Problem?'
'The Case for Anthropological Re-studies'
'Historical Processes in the Light of Anthropological Re-studies: some Himalayan examples'
'The Most Vital Years for Anthropology'
'Tattooing, Cicatrization and Body Painting'
'Soul and Spirit (primitive)'
'Culture Areas as Methodological Isolates' Typescript and manuscript copy of articles (also used as ...
'A Challenge to Anthropologists'
French articles
'Les Sherpas du Nepal'
'Relations entre castes et groupes ethniques au Nepal'
India/South Asia/South East Asia
'Legal Concepts and Procedures in some Preliterate Societies of India'
'Notes on the Stone Age in India'
'The Historical Value of Indian Bardic Literature'
'The Tribal Art in India'
'The Racial History of the Indian Subcontinent'
'Indians: the Diversity of the Indian Population'
'The Cultural Complexity of the Northeast Indian Highlands'
'Hereditary Friendships and Inter-Tribal Sex Relations Between Todas and Mudugas'
'The Linguistic Crisis in South India'
'Primitive Forest Dwellers of Southern India'
'The Soul and the Land of the Dead: South Asian views'
'The Ethnology of Asia'
'Asia'
'Southeast Asia: Religious Beliefs and Practices'
'America and the Old World'
Nagas
'Nagaland Revisited'
'Social and Cultural Change Among the Konyak Nagas'
'Nagas'
'A Vocabulary of Konyak Naga, Wakching Dialect', by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf and R.A.D. Forrest
'Morality and Prestige Among the Nagas'
Gonds
'The Descent Group System of the Raj Gonds' Draft article and associated notes and papers.
'Changes in the Authority System of a Deccan Tribe'
'A Gond Tribe of the Deccan'
'The Decline and Rehabilitation of tribal Populations in Adilabad up to 1948'. Extracts from the art...
'The Gond Tribes of India' (produced for the catalaogue of a Gond Exhibition at the British Museum, ...
'Gonds'
Apa Tanis
'The Apa Tanis'
'A Primitive Himalayan Civilization: among the Apa Tanis of the Subansiri Region'
Nepal, Tibet
'Witches and Lamas in a Himalayan Valley'
'A Case of Hindu-Buddhist Contacts in Nepal'
'Moral Concepts in Three Himalayan Societies'
'A Buddhist Civilization in Nepal: monasteries and nunneries in the shadow of Mount Everest'
'Tibetan Revival in Nepal and India'
'The Structure of Hindhu Castes in the Jumla Region of Nepal' (incomplete)
'The Situation in Sikkim'
'Sherpas in a Changing World'
'A Case of Hindu-Buddhist Contacts in Nepal'
'A Nunnery in Nepal'
'Himalayan Highlanders, the Sherpas of Eastern Nepal'
'Ethnographic Notes on the Tamangs of Nepal'
'Notes on the Tamangs of Nepal'
'Elements of Newar Social Structure'
'Freedom and Conformity in Tribal Hindu and Buddhist Societies of India and Nepal'
'The Civilizations and People of Nepal'
'Trans-Himlayan Traders'
'Moral Concepts in Two Nepalese Societies'
'The Peoples of Nepal'
'Tribal Cultures of the Eastern Himalayas' (manuscript and typescript drafts)
'The Religions of the Himalayan Zone'
'Bhotia Highlanders of Nar and Phu'
Ceylon
'Buddhism and Folk Religion in Ceylon'
Philippines
'Culture Change and the Conduct of Conflicts among Filipino Tribesmen'
'Nagas and Ifugaos: a comparative study'
'Notes on Feasts of Merit among the Ifugaos of Luzon'
File of articles submitted by Fürer-Haimendorf to Marshall Cavendish LtD, including pieces for Fami...
File of incomplete and unidentified articles.
German articles
'Einleitung zu "Dorfleben in Pakistan"'
'Das Ergebnis der Parlamentswahlen in Ceylon'
'Die Sherpa des Khumbu Gebretes'
'Die Sherpa des Khumbu Gebretes'
'Buddhistische Kulturen in Nepal' (chapters I & II of a publication?)
'Rodungsbauren am Heiligen Strom' (chapter II of a publication?)
'Gurkha-Slodaten im heimatlichen Nepal'
'Die Rolle des Westens in "unterentwickelten" Landern'
'Das Indische Kastenwesen'
'Bei Bauernstammen Ostnepals' (chapter II of a publication?)
'Neuordnung in Nepal'
'Die Naga' (incomplete)
No title. Article in German.
File of miscellaneous introductions and forewords, written by Fürer-Haimendorf for publications by ...
File of obituaries written by Fürer-Haimendorf. Includes obituaries/accounts of the life of Verrie...
File of notes for exhibition catalogue, by Fürer-Haimendorf, including the Cayalogue of Indian Folk...
Publications containing photographs by Fürer-Haimendorf
The Illustrated London News.
The Illustrated London News.
The Illustrated London News.
The Illustrated London News.
The Illustrated London News.
The Illustrated London News.
The Illustrated London News.
The Illustrated London News.
Supplement to The Illustrated London News.
The Illustrated London News.
Illustrations used in texts by Fürer-Haimendorf
Hand-drawn illustrations by Indian artist, D. B. Sarnikar, depicting artefacts.
Reviews of Fürer-Haimendorf's publications and films
File of reviews of Fürer-Haimendorf's publications and films.
Reviews by Fürer-Haimendorf
File of reviews by Fürer-Haimendorf, of anthropological works written by other authors.
Extracts
Various anthropological works.
Extracts - Central Zone (excluding Chenchus)
Extracts - South India (including Chenchus but nor Hyderabad)
Extracts - North India
Bibliographies
Bibliographies compiled by Fürer-Haimendorf.
Works by other authors
Adams, Inez
Allen, N.J.
Andrews, James M. (et al.)
Arris, Michael
Asch, Michael
Atal, Yogesh
Aziz, Barbara Nimri
Badoux, S.V.
Ballard, Roger
Ballinger, Thomas
Bandhru, C.M.
Barnouw, Victor
Baumgartner, R
Benneti-Campbell, Lynn
Biswas, Saswati
Bjonness, Inger-Marie
Blair, Katherine D.
Burdakar, M.P.
Burghart, Richard
Burke, Peter
Burman, B.K. Roy
Cappieri, Mario
Carrin-Bouez, Marine
Cashdan, Elizabeth
Chakrabarti, Dilip K.
Chatterje, Mary Searle
Chatterji, Suniti Kumar
Chattopadhyay, K.P.
Chattopadhyay, Gouranga
Chauhan, L.C.
Chorlton, W.
Clarke, G.
Clarke, G.E.
Cohen, Abner
Cohn, Bernard S.
Cooper, Zarine M.
Das, N.K.
Davidson, Iain
Dhan, R.O.
Dhasmana, M.M.
Dhavalikar, M.K.
Donnan, Hastings
Douglas, Mary
Dube, Leela
Dube, S.C.
Dumont, Louis
Dupuis, Jacques
Dyhrenfurth, G.O.
Ehrenfels, U.R.
Eickstedt, Egon Fuhrer von
Elson, Vickie C.
Elwin, Verrier
Evans-Pritchard, E.E.
Evers, Hans-Dieter
Ferro-Luzzi, G. Eichinger
Firth, Raymond
Fisher, James F.
Fournier, A.
Frank, Walter A.
Frankenburg, Ronald
Fuller, C.J.
Gaborieau, Marc
Gabriel, T.M.
Gautam, Mohan K.
Geertz, Clifford
Gellner, David N.
Ghosh, T.K.
Ginsberg, Morris
Give, Bernard de
Goetz, Hermann
Goldberg, Margaret
Goldstein, Melvyn C.
Good, Anthony
Gray, Hugh
Greenwold, Stephen Michael
Grigson, W.V.
Guha, Ramachandra
Gurung, Harka B.
Gutschow, Niels
Haekel, Josef
Hagen, Kleinert C.
Hardman, Charlotte
Harper, Edward B.
Heide, Susanne von der
Heine-Geldern, Robert Freiherrn von
Hendry, Joy
Hermanns, Matthias
Heuberger, Helmut
Hewlett, Barry S.
Hitchcock, John T.
Horig, Rainer
Hummel, Siegbert
Hutton, J.H.
Iijima, Shigeru
Inden, Ronald
Iwata, Keiji
Izikowitz, K.G .
Jain, Jyotindra
Jest, Corneille
Jettmar, Karl
Jhunjhunwala, Bharat
Jodha, N.S.
Jones, Rex L.
Kapp, Dieter B.
Karunaratne, W.S.
Kauffman, H.E.
Kawakita, Jiro
Kendra, Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana
Kendrick, Andrew J.
Kennedy, Kenneth A.R.
Khare, R.S.
Kleinert, Christian
Kloppenberg, Ria
Knox, J.R.
Kochar, V.K.
Kollnhofer, Luyse
Koppers, Wilhelm
Korn, Francis
Kripalani, Krishna
Kvaerne, Per
Lal, B.B.
Lamb, Alastair
Lambton, Ann K.S.
Lehmann, Arthur C.
Levine, Nancy
Lobsiger-Dellenbach, Marguerite
Locke, John K.
Lohuizen-de Leeuw, J.E. van
Macdonald, A.W.
Macdonald, David
MacDougall, John
Macfarlane, Alan
Madan, T.N.
Mahapatra, L.K.
Mahapatra, Krishna
Mair, L.P.
Mandelbaum, David G.
Manndoorff, Hans
Manzardo, Andrew
Maron, S.
Marriott, McKim
Mathur, P.R.G.
Mayer, Adrian C.
McHugh, Ernestine
Mencher, Joan P.
Messerschmidt, Donald
Mey, Wolfgang E.
Miller, Barbara D.
Mills, Antonia
Mills, J.P.
Misra, P.K.
Moisala, Pirkko
Molnar, Augusta
Morris, Brian
Muga, David
Mulay, Suhasini
Nakane, Chie
Nandy, Ashis
Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Rene de
Needham, Rodney
Niggemeyer, Hermann
Nuristani, Ahmad Yusuf
O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger
O'Hanlon, Rosalind
Orenstein, Henry
Ortner, Sherry B.
Ovesen, Jan
Padel, Felix
Pandey, Ram Niwas
Parkes, Peter S.C.
Parkin, David
Parry, J.P.
Petech, Luciano
Pingle, Urmila
Pinney, Chris
Prasad, Kali
Pulman, Lynn
Pyakuryal, Kailash
Quayle, Brendan
Quigley, Declan
Rahmann, Rudolf
Rathnayya, Enugula Venkata
Raunig, Walter
Reid, Lawence A.
Robinson, Austin
Rose, Leo E.
Roy, David
Sacherer, Janice M.
Sagant, Philippe
Samacharam, Girijana
Sarana, Gopala
Sarkar, Jagadish Narayan
Schaper, Harold
Schlesier, Erhard
Schmidt, P. Wilhelm
Schrader, Heiko
Schuler, Sidney
Schulthess, Werner
Selwyn, Tom
Shah, A.M.
Shah, Haku
Sharma, B.D.
Sharma, K.N.
Sharma, P.R.
Shrestha, Bihari K.
Singer, Milton
Singh, Bhupinder
Singh, K.S.
Siniscalo, Marcello
Smith, Ronald Morton
Snellgrove, David L.
Spencer, Jonathan
Spies, Otto
Spiro, Melford E.
Srinivas, M.N.
Staal, Frits
Stahl, Anne Vergati
Stirrat, R.L.
Stonor, C.R.
Suha-Thakurtu, Tapati
Thompson, Michael
Tinker, H.R.
Tapper, Nancy
Tapper, Richard
Tonkinson, Robert
Uhlig, Harald
Unni, K. Raman
Vergati, Anne
Vidyarthi, L.P.
Vinding, Michael
Vitebsky, Piers
Werblowsky, R.J. Zwi
Winstedt, R.O.
White, Leslie A.
Wright, A.C.A.
Wright, Theodore P.
Yalman, Nur
Yellen, John E.
Zachariah, Mathew
Zenner
File of papers by various authors, delivered at the 4th International Conference on Hunting & gather...
File of miscellaneous works by other authors, author unknown. Subject matter includes the Nyinba; Ti...
Miscellaneous papers
Correspondence between Fürer-Haimendorf and his colleagues, scholars, students, publishers, organis...
File of miscellaneous correspondence, and associated papers.
File of correspondence and associated papers, relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's attendance at the 8th ...
File of correspondence and 'casual papers' relating to Nepal.
File of correspondence and associated papers relating to Fürer-Haimendorf's submission of work for ...
Excerpts from a letter to Sir Edmund Hillary written in Kunde.
File of miscellaneous and administrative correspondence.
Miscellaneous
Biographical summary of Fürer-Haimendorf's field research in Nepal, between 1953 and 1974.
Copy of leading editorial piece in the Rising Nepal, commemorating Fürer-Haimendorf's receipt of th...
Journal of the Nepal Research Centre, Vol.4, 1980.
Copy of publication for the Eastern Himalaya Workers Conference, Himalaya Seva Sangh.
Tengboche Cultural Centre. Description of Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region, Northern Nepal, and pr...
'Itihas Prakasma Sandhi Patra Sangraha'. Publication containing details of various treaties, 1790 - ...
'Lord of the Dance. Gods and Demons of Tibet', feature length documentary (Sky Walker - French/Germa...
'A Nepali Conversation Manual', by Ruth Laila Schmidt.
Nepali Book I. Nepali language manual, with practice exercises.
Nepali language manual, with practice exercises.
Pamphlet, 'Mexico's Costumes and Dances', (Pemex Travel Club).
Pamphlet, 'Tribal Dancing' (Durban Roodepoort Deep Limited).
'The Nagas: the evidence from material culture. A Guide to the CUMAA Exhibition'. Copy of text for t...
Press cutting, 'Le IIIe Congres International des Sciences anthropologiques et ethnologiques'.
Copies taken from tables/charts depicting statistics relating to caste, race and nationality, and th...
File of drawings/images depicting deities and rituals from Nepal/Tibet.
Curriculum vitae of Fürer-Haimendorf, listing education, positions held and major publications.
Negatives
Films
Slides
Communities
Apa Tani
Woman, wife of elder (buliang). Hong. Subansiri.
Man, elder (buliang). Reru. Subansiri.
View of Apa Tani valley; rice flats in valley bottom. Ziro, Subansiri.
Two young men wearing white cloaks etc. Duta, Subansiri.
Two men (back view) wearing cane 'Tails' and cane hats. Duta, Subansiri.
Woman and child. Hong, Subansiri.
Young woman, with face tattoo, wearing white handwoven cloak and blue, bead necklaces. Mudang Tage, ...
Two young women with tattooed faces. Mudang Tage, Subansiri.
Two women wearing white hand-woven cloaks. Hong, Subansiri.
Young man wearing white hand-woven cloak, cane belt and brass hair-pin. Hong, Subansiri.
Young man wearing cloak of blue hand-woven cotton and large, brass ear-rings. Hong, Subansiri.
Young man wearing loin- and body cloth of mill-made cotton. Duta, Subansiri.
Dwelling houses and nago shrine. Hong, Subansiri.
Village street with dwelling houses and bobo pole. Hong, Subansiri.
Village street with dwelling houses, lapang and bobo pole. Hong, Subansiri.
Clansmen re-building lapang (Clan centre. Hong, Subansiri.
Village street with dwelling houses, lapang (clan centre) and bobo pole. Reru, Subansiri.
Priest calling the spirits at a lapang (clan centre) during the annual rites of Mloko. Hong, Subansi...
Men assembled at their lapang (clan centre) to hear the priest call the spirits during the annual ri...
Priest Splitting bamboo for use in the construction of a temporary altar for the Mloko rite. Hong, S...
Temporary altar, made from split bamboos, set up on the balcony of a dwelling house at the time of t...
Sacrificial cattle tied to lapang while priest calls spirits during the annual rites of Mloko. Hong....
Men and boys seated on lapang listen to priest calling the spirits during the annual rites of Mloko;...
Men and boys on the lapang while priest calls the spirits during the annual rites of Mloko; Sacrific...
Young men secure the cane ropes to the bobo pole during the annual rites of Mloko. Hong, Subansiri.
Young man playing the bobo pole during the annual rites of Mloko. Hong, Subansiri.
Young man playing the bobo pole during the annual rites of Mloko. Hong, Subansiri.
Young man playing the bobo pole during the annual rites of Mloko. Hong, Subansiri.
Work-gang of men and Women levelling a rice field before it is flooded for sowing. Reru, Subansir.
Woman accused of theft is detained at the lapang with her foot in a log stock. Duta, Subansiri.
Woman weaving cotton cloth on an Indonesian type loom. Duta, Subansiri.
View over Apa Tani valley showing irrigated rice fields and inter-village path. Nr. Hong, Subansiri.
Men of work gang, using long handled hoes, dig over rice fields in preparation of new agricultural s...
Men of work gang, using bamboo supports, puddle the mud of flooded rice fields before transplanting....
Women transplanting nursery grown rice seedlings. Duta, Subansiri.
Women of work gang, weeding rice in flooded field. Duta, Subansiri.
Woman making pots beats wet clay into shape with a wooden baton. Michi Bamin, Subansiri.
View of village street, showing dwelling houses raised on poles and wooden clan platforms (lapang). ...
Men and women of work gang repairing dykes of irrigated rice fields. Reru, Subansiri. .
Arabs
Water spring in a desert oasis; man ploughing adjacent flat land. Hans Helfritz. The Yemen. A Secret...
Dwelling houses and extensive date palm plantations in a Wadi; irrigated cultivation is possible in ...
Fortified settlement with flat-roofed dwelling houses; high walls and small windows facilitate defen...
Man wearing robes and head gear characteristic of urban elite; he carries a silver sheathed dagger i...
Man. Norman Lewis. Sand and Sea in Arabia.
Solider of the Sultan wearing fez and cartridge belt; he caries rifle slung on his belt Hans Helfrit...
Tall dwelling houses, typical of south Arabian urban settlement; camel caravan arriving on the outsk...
Palace of the Kathiri Sultan (one of the most splendid examples of traditional architectural style);...
Man of Seni Hinyar tribe saddling camel (silver saddle lent by Sultans of 'Azzar Meifa'a Wadi, Hadhr...
Techniques: Dress and Ornament. Man of settled Bedouin community wearing cotton loin cloth and shoul...
Headman of Ja'da wearing traditional robes and headgear; he lives in the fortress of Hedbet ash-Shem...
Peasant woman wearing green overdress peculiar to locality; she carries a bundle of millet straw for...
Women wearing divided skirts, bodices and cone-shaped hats, winnow millet in flat basket-work fans. ...
Man repairing irrigation dykes; shallow trenches made by camel-drawn excavator led the spring flood ...
Pulley well situated in a wadi may be worked by camel or human labour; the water is drawn in goatski...
Woman wearing characteristic robes and headgear. Hans Helfritz. The Yemen. A Secret Journey.
Banjara
Woman. Utnur. Adilabad.
Man. Warangal.
Girl wearing skirt, bodice and head-shawl; items of dress made from hand-printed cotton cloth and em...
Women dancing and singing. Lingal, Achampet, Mahbubnagar.
Traders driving cattle caravan loaded with merchandise across a flooded stream. Narsampet, Warangal.
Bullock cart decorated for festive occasion; cane hood is covered with an embroidered cloth, ornamen...
Women cooking on stones in front of temporary dwelling. Keslapur, Utnur, Adilabad.
Men and women dancing. Muluq, Warangal.
Women wearing skirts, bodices and head-shawls of hand-printed cotton cloth; items of dress richly em...
Baragaonli
Settlement and Dwellings. Techniques: Agriculture.
View, eastwards, up the valley to Muktinath; flowering buckwheat standing on irrigated fields. Kyeng...
View of dwelling houses and red-painted village temple; flowering oil seeds stand in irrigated field...
Stone-built houses and red-painted village temple situated on steep hill slope; buckwheat grows on i...
Stone-built, flat-roofed dwelling houses situated at foot of arid hill slopes. Kagbeni, Baglung, Dha...
View of dwelling houses and village temple. Tetang, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
View of village and ruined fort on neighbouring hill; flowering buckwheat stands on irrigated fields...
Red painted village temple situated on hill above settlement. Lubra, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Two girls in festive attire: they wear silk baku and blouses, brocade sashes and striped silk aprons...
Three men in festive attire: they wear silk baku and shirts and fur trimmed felt hats; their ornamen...
Three girls wearing woollen blouses and blanket cloaks; their ornaments include turquoise ear-rings ...
Man, married monk of Bonp? persuasion, wearing woollen baku, waistcoat and cap. Lubra, Baglung, Dhau...
Two women wearing woollen blanket cloaks; their ornaments include silver belts and amulets, turquois...
Baragaonli
Women in festive attire: they wear silk baku, blouses and sashes and woollen blanket cloaks; their o...
Women dancing; they wear silk baku blouses and sashes and woollen blanket cloaks; their ornaments in...
Men and women dancing. Lubra, Baglung, Dhaulagiri. .
Women's ornaments: two head-dresses made of turquoise matrix beads and mounted on long bands of red ...
Men on horseback riding to the annual jatra at Muktinath temple. Muktinath, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Men and women on horseback riding to the annual jatra at Muktinath temple. Muktinath, Baglung, Dhaul...
Men on horseback riding to the annual jatra at Muktinath temple. Muktinath, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Men on horseback riding to the annual jatra at Muktinath temple. Muktinath, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Men on horseback pass through village on the way to the annual jatra at Mukinath. Kingur, Baglung, D...
Men on pilgrimage to annual jatra tether their horses in courtyard of Buddhist temple. Muktinath, Ba...
Men in festive attire; they wear silk baku and sashes and fur-trimmed felt hats. Muktinath, Baglung,...
Men in festive attire turn the prayer wheels that stand on the path to the cult centre. Muktinath, B...
Pilgrims at the cult-centre assembly to watch the inter-village horse races. Muktinath, Baglung, Dha...
Horseman, competitor in the annual inter-village horse racing. Muktinath, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Horseman, competitor in the annual inter-village horse racing. Muktinath, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Horseman, competitor in the annual inter-village horse racing. Muktinath: Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Horses and riders resting between events during the annual inter-village horse racing. Muktinath, Ba...
Women dancing on open grasslands at the conclusion of the inter-village horse races held annually at...
Men purchasing goods from itinerant merchants in the market held at the time of the annual pilgrimag...
View over irrigated fields growing buckwheat; roof-top shrine of household spirit. Kingur, Baglung, ...
Two men negotiating a trade transaction. Sandak (Billing), Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Two men negotiating a trade transaction. Sandak (Billing), Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Besta
Man. Kerimeri. Asifabad. Adilabad.
Two men fishing with drag net in hill stream. Kerimeri, Asifabad, Adilabad.
Man fishing with caste net in hill stream. Kerimeri, Asifabad, Adilabad.
Man fishing with drag net in hill stream. Kerimeri, Asifabad, Adilabad.
Bhotia
Temple situated on hill above village. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Entrance gateway to village, with dwelling houses to both sides of street. Walongchung, Taplejung, M...
Men, Women and children in village street. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
View of village street. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Monks in street market. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Itinerant entertainers from Tibet dancing in village street. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Painted cloth scroll by living artist Tudam, Taplejung, Mechi.
View, westwards of Lumba Samba Himal; watermill for grinding grain set up in stream bed. Tudam, Tapl...
Water mill used in the pulping of juniper wood and the manufacture of incense. Tudam, Taplejung, Mec...
Yak loaded with juniper incense leaving for Changmu, Tibet. Tudam, Taplejung, Mechi.
Yak loaded with juniper incense leaving for Changmu, Tibet. Tudam, Taplejung, Mechi.
View of Tangdzen plain. Diga Samba, Taplejung, Mechi.
View, northwards, of Lumba Samaba Himal; cane bridge across stream. Tuddam, Taplejung, Mechi.
View of glacial lake at the head of the Piling Khola. Lumba Samba Himal, Taplejung, Mechi.
View, westwards, to Makalu; valley leading to Tangdzen pass. Lumba Samba Himal, Taplejung, Mechi.
View of village. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
View of village. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Temple and monastery on hill above village. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
View of village street and dwelling houses. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Itinerant entertainers from Tibet dancing in village street. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Itinerant entertainers from Tibet dancing in village street. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Itinerant entertainer from Tibet, dancing in village street. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Itinerant entertainer from Tibet dancing in village street. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
Three itinerant entertainers from Tibet dancing in village street. Walongchung, Taplejung, Mechi.
View of upper Barbung Khola valley and compact village settlement; irrigated fields occupy flat land...
Village street and stone-built, two-storied dwelling houses. Tsarka, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Village street and stone-built, two storied dwelling houses. Tsarka, Dolpi, Dhaulagir.
Stone-built houses at deserted village site above Barbung Khola. Yale, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Prayer flags set up on dwelling house. Mukot, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
View of stone-built dwelling houses and courtyard; prayer flags set up on roof. Mukot, Dolpo, Dhaula...
View of Tarap valley and the settlement of Ta-kyu; trade route to Tibet runs northwards across mount...
View of village above Barbung Khola. Pungar, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
View of Tarap valley from Gagar; Ta-kyu settlement in background with irrigated fields in valley bot...
Stone-built memorial (chorten) of Tsh?wo persuasion. Gagar, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Stone-built memorial (chorten) of Bonp? persuasion. Ship-chhok, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Stone-built memorial (chorten) of Bonp? persuasion. Ship-chhok, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Stone-built memorial (chorten) and temple of Bonp? persuasion. Shipchhok, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Row of stone-built memorials (Chorten) of Bonp? persuasion. Ship-chhok, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Stone-built memorials (mani wall and chorten) of Bonpö persuasion. Shipchhok, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Girl wearing woollen blouse, trousers, striped back-apron and belt; fringe-hair style denotes unmarr...
Woman wearing woollen blouse, skirt, striped back-apron, belt and cloak; brass plate head-dress deno...
Children wearing woollen blouses and trousers and striped woollen blankets as cloaks. Tsarka, Dolpo,...
Woman carrying child in fold of striped-woollen, blanket-cloak. Tsarka, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Woman wearing woollen blouse, skirt, striped back-apron and belt; brass plate head-dress denotes mar...
Girl carrying basket of firewood. Tsarka, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Summer camp of Pungar herds; yak-hair tents and high altitude grazing grounds. Southern slopes of Mo...
Man, woman and children outside yak-hair tent pitched on high altitude grazing grounds of Pungar her...
Man and boy outside yak-hair tent at high altitude grazing grounds of Pungar herds. Southern slopes ...
Yak herds grazing on way to summer pastures. Do, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Men and women driving yak-herds to summer grazing grounds. Do, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Woman herding sheep and goats at camp of summer grazing grounds. Gyabnak River, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Summer grazing grounds at Mulung Sungma; Caravan travelling north to Tsarka. Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Yak herds leaving villages for summer grazing grounds; provisions and tents are carried by pack anim...
Woman milking yak at summer grazing camp; brass plate head-dress denotes married status. Southern sl...
Two young men singing and playing guitar. Do, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Women tethering sheep ready for milking. Summer grazing grounds above Ta-kyu. Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Man shearing sheep. Mukot, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Woman weaving woollen blanket strips on Indonesian type loom. Tsarka, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Woman weaving woollen cloth on Indonesian type loom; yak-hair tent in background. Summer grazing gro...
Men at village council called to settle dispute between Tibetan emigrants and local inhabitants. Do,...
View of the upper valley of Barbung Khola; horsemen crossing the tributary stream Nablung. Tsarka, D...
Man and two women discussing a trade deal. Mukot, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Flower studded valley to east of village, Do, Dolpo, Dhaulagiri.
Techniques: Transport and Carriage. View of path to Mu-la with Dhaulagiri to the right; yak caravan ...
Techniques: Transport and Carriage. View of the Gok-La; pack animals resting on pass. Dolpo, Dhaulag...
View, eastwards, of mountains above Tarap valley; Stone-built memorial (chorten) and monastery of Ts...
Lay priest (Buddhist lama) wearing hand-woven, woollen robe and hat decorated with fresh marigolds. ...
Spirit medium (jankri) wearing Chinese silk robe, Tibetan-style boots and broad-brim, fur-lined hat,...
Spirit medium (jankri) wearing Chinese silk robe, Tibetan-style boots and broad-brim fur-lined hat i...
Men and women dancing; Chepua, Sankhuwa-sabha, Kosi.
Men drinking millet beer through straws from communal barrel of millet beer. Chepua, Sankhuwa-sabha....
Women in festive attire wear hand-woven, woollen robes, silk blouses, coral and zhi-bead necklaces, ...
Women in festive attire dancing; they wear hand-woven, woollen robes, silk blouses, coral necklaces ...
Women drinking through straws from a communal barrel of millet beer. Chepua, Sankhuqa-sabha, Kosi.
View of village showing fields of small millet on hill slopes cultivated by slash-and-burn method. C...
Painted, plaster statues of Temba Rimpoche (centre), Guru Rimpoche and other divinities in Buddhist ...
Prayer wheel in Buddhist temple, with interior packing of sacred texts breaking through dilapidated ...
Bamboo and cane suspension bridge over river below village. Chepua, Sankhuwa-sabha, Kosi.
Stone memorial (menhir) and prayer flags in courtyard of Buddhist temple. Gompa above Chepua, Sankhu...
Bondo
Woman wearing narrow wrap-round skirt made of hand-woven cotton cloth and bamboo head-bands on shave...
View over uplands showing hill-slopes cultivated by slash-and-burn method, areas of fallow and patch...
Men and women, using long-handled hoes, dig over hill fields which are cultivated by slash-and-burn ...
Man sowing rice-seed in flooded nursery; seedlings will be transplanted in irrigated terrace fields....
Boys and girls fishing with baskets in a mountain stream. Mudulipara, Koraput
Girl playing jew's harp. Mudulipara, Koraput
Woman grinding grain on a wooden hand mill. Mudulipara, Koraput.
Memorial stones, menhir and platform, standing in centre of village; it is used as a place of assemb...
Priest propitiating local deities at rite preceding the sowing of the seed on fields cultivated by s...
Man, householder, broadcasting seed rice on hill field cultivated by slash-and-burn method. Mudulipa...
Men ploughing with oxen in flooded fields; preparing the soil for the transplanting of rice seedling...
Woman. Mudulipara. Koraput.
Young man. Mudulipara. Koraput.
Chenchu
Dwelling houses in permanent settlement, built with bamboo-wattle walls and grass-thatched roofs. Pu...
Temporary shelters constructed of leafy branches in a summer settlement. Boramacheruvu, Amrabad Plat...
Man stringing bow. Yemlapaya, Amrabad, Plateau, Mahbubnagar.
Man hunting small game with bow and arrow. Boramacheruvu, Amrabad Plateau, Mahbubnagar.
Man and woman, carrying digging sticks and collecting baskets, set out on daily search for wild-grow...
Women, using digging sticks, unearth wild-growing edible tubers. Borama-cheruvu, Amrabad Plateau, Ma...
Children in a cave shelter of a summer settlement crack fruit stones to obtain the kernels for the m...
Man climbing tree to pick the fruits of Buchania latifolia, a major item of diet in the summer month...
Woman spreading out the fruits of Buchania latifolia to dry in the sun. Vatelapalli, Amrabad Plateau...
Man climbing bamboo ladder to collect honey from comb sited in high branches head protected against ...
Men praying to forest deity, Garela-maisama, during rites for the first fruits. Boramacheruvu, Amrab...
Man praying to forest deity, Garelamaisama, during the rites for the first fruits. Boramacheruvu, Am...
Man. Boramacheruvu. Achampet. Mahbubnagar. The Chenchus. Jungle Folk of the Deccan. London. Macmilla...
Woman. Boramacheruvu. Achampet. Mahbubnagar. . The Chenchus. Jungle Folk of the Deccan. London. Macm...
Chetri
Group of dwelling houses belonging to closely related families. Bistachap. Lalitpur. Bagmati.
Three dwelling houses belonging to closely related families; brick and plastered walls painted white...
Bridegroom is carried in basket palanquin by low caste carriers to bride's house for the celebration...
Bride and groom sit inside the marriage booth, erected in the forecourt of bride's house, for the ri...
Bride and groom sit inside the marriage booth, erected in the forecourt of bride's house, for the ri...
Male relatives accompanying groom to house of bride for the celebrations attendant on marriage; groo...
Brahmin house-priest set out accessories for marriage ritual in marriage booth. Bistachap. Lalitpur....
Bride and groom stand inside marriage booth for the performance of the wedding ritual. Bistachap. La...
View, southwards, of mountains surrounding Nepal Valley, showing hill slopes cultivated with dry cro...
View, southwards of mountains surrounding Nepal Valley, showing hill slopes cultivated with dry drop...
Man. Bistachap. Bagmati.
Man. Bistachap. Bagmati.
Dafla
Young Man; he wears cotton body-and loin-cloths, cane belt and wristlet, dao in bamboo sheath, leath...
View of village. Talo, Subansiri.
View of village situated on hilltop; secondary forest and slash-and-burn cultivation on slopes below...
Long-house standing on crest of hill; granary and field cultivated by slash-and-burn method on slope...
Long-house standing on crest of hill Talo, Subansiri.
Men working on balcony of long-house. Talo, Subansiri.
Men working on the balcony of long-house. Talo, Subansiri.
Boy returning from work on fields. Talo, Subansiri.
Man wearing cotton body cloth, cane-ring waist belt, skin pouch, brass hair pin and boar' s tusk ear...
Two men wearing black cotton body cloths, bead necklaces, cane hats and brass hair-pins. Talo, Suban...
Men and women working on hill-field cultivated by slash-and-burn method. Talo, Subansiri.
Hill field cultivated by slash-and-burn method; earth banked by logs to counter erosion. Talo, Suban...
Women dibbling maize in hill-field cultivated by slash-and-burn method. Potin, Subansiri.
Complainant expounding his case before inter-village council; he uses bamboo slivers to tally the po...
Complainant expounding his case before inter-village council; he uses bamboo slivers to tally the po...
Headman of village with his two wives; women wearing cotton body cloths, bead necklaces and metal ar...
Techniques: Agriculture. View of village: long house built on crest of hill, with hill field on slop...
Long-house situated on crest of hill. Talo, Subansiri.
Hill field cultivated by slash-and-burn method; wooden fence protects crop against intruders; the pr...
Hill field cultivated by slash-and-burn method; wooden fence protects crop against intruders. Potin,...
Woman using digging stick to dibble maize on a hill field cultivated by slash-and-burn method. Potin...
Woman reaping small millets in a hill field cultivated by slash-and-burn method. Potin, Subansiri.
Woman reaping small millets in a hill field cultivated by slash-and-burn method. Potin, Subansiri.
Woman carrying home small millet harvest in basket. Potin, Subansiri.
Representatives of warring villages attend council to settle dispute. Likha, Subansiri.
Gadaba
Sitting platform comprising horizontal and upright stones set up to commemorate the performance of f...
Dwelling house built with mud-plastered wattle walls and thatched roof and comprising oblong living ...
Women transplanting nursery-grown rice seedlings in a flooded field. Ongel, Koraput.
Women transplanting nursery-grown rice seedlings in a flooded, terraces-field. Ongel, Koraput.
Women of field-owners household prepare mid-day meal for workers transplanting rice. Ongel, Koraput.
Woman spinning cotton. Ongel, Koraput.
Woman weaving striped cotton cloth on an Indonesian type loom. Ongel, Koraput.
Women dancing. Ongel, Koraput.
Women wearing hand-woven, striped cotton body cloths, brass hoop earrings and metal necklets dance i...
Young men provide music for girl's dance; songs accompanied by the playing of guitar-like instrument...
Young woman. Ongel. Koraput.
Golla
Man. Mahbubnagar.
Shepherd driving flock of goats and sheep to graze on reaped millet field. Narsampet, Warangal.
Flock of sheep and goats assembled at over-night camp; lambs and kids are penned in bamboo enclosure...
Shepherd spinning wool while watching grazing flocks. Narsampet, Warangal.
Man carrying home ailing sheep. Narsampet, Warangal.
Shepherd and his flock of sheep and goats resting on edge of village at mid-day. Narsampet, Warangal...
Shepherd rounding up flock of sheep and goats. Narsampet, Warangal.
Gurung
Stone sitting Platform, associated with newly planted fig trees and wooden bench, set up to commemor...
Wooden sitting platform and stone seats set up to commemorate deceased relatives. Gallegaon, Lamung,...
Group of stone-built sitting platforms and stone lined tanks set up to commemorate deceased relative...
Stone-built sitting platforms set up to commemorate deceased relatives. Pakrikot, Lamjung, Gandaki.
Woman smoking a cigarette; she wears a velvet bodice, gold earrings, bead necklaces and hair dressed...
Man wearing white, cotton, hand-woven shawl. Bobum, Galleganon, Kaski, Gandaki.
Man going to work on fields; he wears white cotton body cloth, sash, shirt and turban and carries an...
Woman in festive attire; she wears red velvet blouse, cotton skirt sash and head shawl and heavy sil...
Woman in everyday dress; she wears printed cotton skirt and blouse, white cotton sash, bead necklace...
Techniques: Agriculture. View, northwards, up the Midan valley to Himal Chuli; terraced fields in va...
View of village. Gallegaon, Kaski, Gandaki.
View of village, showing compact settlement type and terraced fields on slopes below houses. Gallega...
View of village. Bujung, Kaski, Gandaki.
View of village, showing dwelling houses and stone paved street. Bujung, Kaski, Gandaki.
Two dwelling houses, one of oval type, with granaries and fields. Rapasing, Kaski, Gandaki.
Sub-settlement with permanent fields close to houses and secondary jungle on surrounding hill-slopes...
Villagers on stone sitting platform in front of dwelling house. Bujung, Kaski, Gandaki.
View of village with terraced fields on surrounding slopes. Bujung, Kaski, Gandaki.
View of irrigated fields below village. Bujung, Kaski, Gandaki.
Men and women threshing grain with poles. Bogum, Gallegaon, Kaski, Gandaki.
Women drying maize. Bogum, Gallegaon, Kaski, Gandaki.
Woman weaving wool cloth for blankets on Indonesian type loom. Bogum, Gallegaon, Kaski, Gandaki.
Flocks of sheep and goats, brought down from high pastures, graze on stubble of reaped fields. Pakri...
Men and women entertained to a meal in the courtyard of deceased' s house during memorial rites. Gal...
Women dancing in a state of trace at Sankranti rites. Bogum, Gallegaon, Kaski, Gandaki.
Women dancing in a state of trance at Sankranti rites. Bogum, Gallegaon, Kaski, Gandaki.
Women dancing in a state of trance at Sankranti rites. Bogum, Gallegaon, Kaski, Gandaki.
View, northwards, up Kali Gandaki valley; Annapurna in background. Lete, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Hill Miri
Man. Bidak. Subansiri.
Woman. Bidak. Subansiri.
Man wearing coiled-cane hat and handwoven, cotton cloth. Subansiri Frontier Division.
Hill Reddi
Boy playing gourd pipes. Gogulapudi, Warangal. .
Man playing large, double-membrane drum. Gogulapudi, Warangal. .
Settlement situated in forest clearing; dwelling houses built with bamboo-wattle walls and palm-that...
Men paddling dug-out canoes on Godavari River. Parantapalli, Warangal. .
Village priest praying at tree-shrine of local deity. Gogulapudi, Warangal. .
Boy, on high platform, guarding ripening crop of giant millet grown by slash and burn method. Parant...
Man paddling dug-out canoe. Parantapalli, Warangal. .
View over hill slopes, showing fields cultivated by slash-and-burn method, areas of fallow and patch...
Men and women using long-handled hoes to dig over a field cultivated by slash-and-burn method. Gogul...
Man sowing giant millet seed in a field cultivated by the slash-and-burn method; he uses a digging s...
Woman gleaning the ripened ears of giant millet in a field cultivated by the slash-and-burn method. ...
Two men making fire with a bamboo-fire-saw. Gogulapudi, Bhoorgampadu, Khammam. .
Woman splicing bamboo for use in basket-work. Gogulapudi, Bhoorgampadu, Khammam. .
Man weaving a basket from spliced bamboo. Gogulapudi, Bhoorgampadu, Khammam. .
Two men making fire with a bamboo-fire-saw. Gogulapudi, Bhoorgampadu, Khammam. .
Man with bow and arrows. Gogulapudi, Bhoorgampadu, Khammam. .
Man using digging stick to unearth wild-growing, edible roots. Gogulapudi, Bhoorgampadu, Khammam. .
Woman gleaning the ripened ears of giant millet in a field cultivated by the slash-and-burn method. ...
Men harvesting giant millet in a field cultivated by the slash-and-burn method. Gogulapudi, Bhoorgam...
Man (illustrative of Veddid racial type). Gogulpudi. . The Reddis of the Bison Hills. A Study in Acc...
Kolam
Village situated in forest clearing. Hills above Pangri, Adilabad.
Carved wooden posts set up in memory of the dead at the clan shrine of the god Bhimana. Pangri, Adil...
Clan priest conducting rites at temporary altar set up at Bhimana shrine during annual ceremony. Pan...
Temporary altar set up during the annual rites at Bhimana shrine: rice-ball offerings and ritual des...
Shrine of clan god Bhimana situated in forest clearing, with carved wooden posts set up as memorials...
Clan priest offering liver of sacrificial goat to clan god Bhimana at annual rites; row of carved wo...
Man, using short-handled hoe, digs over fields cultivated by slash-and-burn method. Dabba, Adilabad.
Man broadcasting small millet on a hill field cultivated by the slash-and-burn method. Dabba, Adilab...
Man using digging stick to dibble in the seeds of giant millet on a field cultivated by slash-and-bu...
Konyak Naga
Young girl. Oting, Tuensang. . The Naked Nagas. London. John Murray. 1939.
Man; he practices as were-tiger. . The Naked Nagas. London. John Murray. 1939.
Man. Wakching. Tuensang.
Man; he wears chest tattoe, brass locket in form of human head and carved wooden 'hairpin', the insi...
Women weaving cloth from fibre-yarn on Indonesian type looms. Longkhai, Mokochung.
Women spinning the fibre of a wild-growing shrub on stone-based spindles. Longkhai, Mokochung.
Man dressed in head-hunter's ceremonial attire: cane hat decorated with hornbill feathers and dyed g...
Women, carrying water from spring to village in bamboo culm containers, stop to drink on the path. W...
Two naked men set out for day's work on fields, cultivated by slash-and-burn method; they carry bask...
Stone urns, containing dried skulls, are set up on path in memory of deceased. Wakching, Mokochung.
Women's work gang weeding hill-field cultivated by slash-and-burn method. Wakching, Mokochung.
Two women winnowing grain. Wakching, Mokochung.
Women pounding rice with wooden pestles Wakching, Mokochung
Member of men's work-gang carrying bamboos for use in the rebuilding of a community house. Wakching,...
Members of men's work-gang hauling a tree trunk for use in the rebuilding of a community house. Wakc...
Members of men's work-gang securing the ridge pole during the building operations of a community hou...
Members of men's work-gang laying the roof-rafters during the re-building of a community house. Wakc...
Members of men's work-gang laying roof-rafters during the re-building of a community house. Wakching...
Members of men's work-gang laying the roof-rafters during the re-building of a community house. Wakc...
Members of men's work-gang thatching the roof during the re-building of a community house. Wakching,...
Man dressed in head-hunter's ceremonial attire practises spear-throwing. Wakching, Mokochung.
Man dressed in head-hunter's ceremonial attire practises spear-throwing. Wakching, Mokochung.
Man dressed in head-hunter's ceremonial attire practises spear-throwing. Wakching, Mokochung.
View of village; compact settlement of grass-thatched dwelling houses. Wakching, Mokochung.
View of village; compact settlement of grass thatched dwelling houses, each having an open front bal...
Three men beating bronze gongs at the time of the Spring Festival. Wakching, Mokochung.
Woman spinning shrub-fibre into yarn on a stone-based-spindle. Wakching, Mokochung.
Kurds
Techniques: Trade and Commerce. Camel caravan entering suburb of Teheran; Albus mountains in the bac...
Two girls in festive attire. South of Van. Freya Stark. Riding to the Tigris.
The black tents of the nomadic, sheep-keeping Yaila tribe in a summer settlement. Soma, south of Van...
The black tents of the nomadic, sheep keeping Yaila tribe in a summer settlement. Soma, south of Van...
Shepherd of the Yalia tribe leading flocks of sheep and goats during annual migration. Road to Zakho...
Hosab Castle and bridge situated on road from Van to Hakkiari. Chok Mountains. Freya Stark. Riding t...
Loba
View of barren hills lying north of Ghillung. Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
View of hills lying between Samar and Gemi; sparse Vegetation grows on lower slopes. Mustang, Dhaula...
View, northwards over barren hills to the west of the Kali Gandaki river. Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
View, northwards of barren hills lying between Gemmi and Tsarang. Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
View, northwards of the Kali Gandaki river below Tsele. Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
View of village with white -painted dwelling houses and irrigated fields in valley bottom; red-paint...
Man of high social status (brother of Mustang 'king') wearing silk baku silk-lined and braid-trimmed...
Man wearing hand-woven woollen baku. Tsarang, Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
Woman of high social status wearing silk baku and blouses. Tsarang, Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
View of village with white-painted dwelling houses and irrigated fields in valley bottom; red-painte...
View of village and irrigated fields. Gemi, Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
View over cultivated land to the barren hills lying between Gemi and Tsarang; flat roofs of sub-sett...
View of village and fields enclosed by stone walls; stone built memorial (chorten) stands at entranc...
Stone-built memorial wall (mani) standing at north entrance to village. Gemi, Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
View of irrigated fields growing buckwheat with barren hills beyond. Gemi, Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
Fortified stone-built guard-house standing on highway between Ghillung and Gemmi. Mustang, Dhaulagir...
Stone-built inn standing on highway between Ghillung and Gemi. Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
Dwelling houses and Buddhist monastery situated on high ground above fields of irrigated buckwheat. ...
King's' fort and storehouse situated on high ground above lake and village; stone-build shrine for w...
King's' fort situated on high ground; stone-built memorial (chorten) standing at entrance to Buddhis...
Frescoes depicting the 'Lords of the Four Quarters' painted on the porch walls of the Buddhist templ...
Gilded Buddha statue and painted cloth scroll (thankar) depicting Padma Sambhava in Buddhist temple....
Frescoes depicting the 'Five Buddhas' painted on the walls of the Assembly Hall of Buddhist temple. ...
Mathura
Two women wearing cotton skirts, blouses and head shawls draped over wimple-style head-dress; jewell...
Men dancing the stick-dance. Mulug, Warangal.
Women dancing. Muluq, Warangal.
Women dancing. Muluq, Warangal.
Miscellaneous
Techniques: Dress and Ornament. Man, senior of the Sat Rajas; he wears long-sleeved robe of silk bro...
Man; he wears woollen jacket, embroidered felt hat and necklaces of silver, semi-precious stones and...
Group of commemorative stones comprising uprights, horizontals and one ring, cap stone. Nr. Shillong...
Commemorative stone, engraved with Buddhist text, set up in stone seat. Dolakha, Janakpur.
Commemorative stones, engraved with Buddhist texts, set up against wall of dwelling house. Risingo, ...
Commemorative stone tablets, engraved with Buddhist texts, set up on wall near temple. Risingo, Dola...
Commemorative stone seat erected in memory of deceased. Panchthar, Mechi.
Commemorative stones set up in memory of deceased. Khare, Panchthar, Mechi.
Young man. Abor Hills, Siang.
Wooden bench and stone sitting platform set up in memory of deceased relatives. Khare, Taplejung, Ko...
Woman. Abor Hills, Siang.
Commemorative stones, comprising three uprights and one cap stone, standing beside a road connecting...
Commemorative stones: three uprights carrying horizontal table stone, and standing on side of path a...
Stone menhirs set up to both sides of an inter-village path in memory of deceased relatives. Narayan...
Bards, one playing stringed instrument, sing the epic ballad of their Raj Gond patron's clan during ...
Bards, one playing stringed instrument, sing the epic ballad of their Raj Gond patron's clan during ...
Bards, one playing stringed instrument, sing the epic ballad of their Raj Gond patron's clan during ...
View of hills to the east of Kathmandu valley; scattered settlement of hill village on slope in fore...
Two men wearing cotton loin-cloths, sashes and turbans. Bigu. Dolakha. Janakpur.
Ceylon
Woman of Malid racial type. E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History". IN:...
Man of Malid racial type. E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History". IN: T...
Man of Gondid race. E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History". IN: The Mys...
Two men of Melanid race (from Tinnevalli. E.Von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial...
Man of Kolid racial type. E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History". IN: T...
Man of Indid racial type. E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History". IN: T...
Woman of Indid race. E. von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History". IN: The M...
Man of Turanoid (West Bracid) racial type. E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racia...
Man of Paleomongoloid racial type (from Wynad). E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's ...
Man of Orientalid racial type. E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History". ...
Man from Jaipur. Anonymous. Courier. 1963 Vol. 41.
Man from New Delhi. Anonymous. Courier. 1963 Vol. 41.
Man. Utnur, Adilabad. Andhrapradesh.
Man. Karimnagar.
Man. Poona.
Three horsemen. Manang, Gandaki.
Man. Malabar.
Man. Mahant of Sikar Monastery Kinwat.
Man. Utnur. Adilabad.
Man. Utnur. Adilabad.
Man; priest of Vaishnava Hindu sect carrying offerings for daily ritual at village shrine. Paloncha....
Man. Norman Lewis. Sand and Sea in Arabia.
Man. Rampa. East Gouavari.
Circular tent made of mats stretched over a frame of bent boughs. Hugo A.Bernatzig. Die Neue Grosse ...
Man of Yezidi tribe wearing cotton robes, woollen shawl and lambskin fez. Freya Strak. Riding to the...
Woman. Bombay City.
Dwelling houses built close together and protected by a fortified tower; this type of settlement was...
Dwelling houses built in terraces against a stone cliff. Konchidartl. Hugo A.Bernatzig. Die Neue Gro...
Man wearing shirt, coat and cap; long hair style indicates non-Muslim origin. Sindschar. Hugo A.Bern...
Woman.
Man. South Kanara.
Three girls. Bastar.
Young girl. Abujmar Hills, Bastar.
Young woman. Edgar Thurston. The Tribes and Castes of Southern India. Madras. Government Press. 1909...
Group of men and girls (agricultural labourers). Malabar.
Men in festive attire dancing; they wear cotton loin cloths and baldrics decorated with brass and co...
Men (back view) in festive attire dancing; they wear cane leggings, sheathed daos, ivory armlets, co...
Man.
Man.
Hindu village temple situated on raised ground at the edge of a tank. Kupgal, Raichur.
Women fetching water for domestic purposes from an irrigation tank; ruined fort built on hill in bac...
Camels carrying men and merchandise on hot weather trading expedition. Yadgir, Gulbarga.
Two men riding ponies. Khed, Poona.
Toddy-tapper collecting the juice of the palmyra palm, which when fermented yields an alcoholic beve...
Toddy-tapper collecting the juice of the palmyra palm, which when fermented yields an alcoholic beve...
Man collecting the juice of the Caryota urens palm, which when fermented yields an alcoholic beverag...
Women making basket from split bamboo. Lingal, Achampet, Mahbubnagar.
Women fortune-teller reading the palm of a client. Lingal, Achampet, Mahbubnagar.
Herd of village buffaloes wallowing in tank. Raichur.
Men and women teasing sheep's wool. Raichur.
Women expressing oil in a horizontal beam-press. Narsampet, Warangal.
Man (Refugee, photographed in Hyderabad: entered Kashmir 1940-1945).
Man weaving cotton cloth under a shelter erected in front of his house. Kerimeri, Asifabad, Adilabad...
Man printing designs on cotton cloth with a hand cut block. Nirmal, Adilabad.
Men Working at iron forge operated by foot-bellows. Narsampet, Warangal.
Man spinning cotton. Kerimeri, Asifabad, Adilabad.
Religious mendicant begging for alms in Gond village; he sings the story of the Goddess Amlawaru (El...
Religious mendicant begging for alms in Raj Gond village; he sings the story of Sri Krishna and disp...
Religious mendicant begging for alms in Raj Gond village; dressed in women's apparel and wearing a m...
Bard begging for alms at door of Kapu patron's house; he plays a fiddle and sings the song of the ca...
Man kneading clay for pot-making. Kothagudem, Khammam.
Man moulding clay pot on hand-turned wheel. Kothagudem, Khammam.
Men on temple pilgrimage eat a meal. Bhadrachalam, Khammam.
Priest making offerings at the shrine of a minor deity association with the monastery and temple ded...
Hindu ascetic begging for alms by the wayside. Utnur, Adilabad.
Techniques: Dress and Ornament. Man and woman; they wear dress and blouse of silk brocade. Punakha.
Angami Naga
Commemorative stone set up on stone sitting platform to mark the performance of a feast of merit. Mo...
Commemorative stones set up on stone sitting platform to mark the performance of a feasts of merit. ...
Alignment of commemorative stones set up to mark the performance of feast of merit. Mokochung.
Alignment of commemorative stones set up to mark the performance of feasts of merit. Mokochung.
Commemorative stone circle situated in centre of village and utilized as sitting platform. Mokochung...
Commemorative stone sitting platform erected on stone built fortifications. Mokochung.
Commemorative stone sitting platform set up on fortified stone structure. Mokochung.
Young girl; she wears her hair cut short in the manner of the unmarried. Kohima. . The Naked Nagas. ...
View of village showing dwelling houses and stone sitting platform (tehuba) situated in front of the...
View of village street and dwelling houses; carved wooden horns set up on ridge poles indicate that ...
Dwelling houses decorated with carved wooden horns indicate that owners have performed specific Feas...
View of village street and dwelling houses; carved wooden horns set up on ridge poles indicate that ...
Dwelling house decorated with carved wooden horns indicate that owners has performed specific Feasts...
View of terraced hill-fields used for the cultivation of irrigated rice. Maram
Young men in gala dress sing while pounding rice in ceremonial manner on ritual occasion (genna) Koh...
Young man in festive attire: he wears hornbill feather head-dr dress, ivory armlets, belt and baldri...
Two men (back view) in festive attire: they wear hornbill feather head-dresses, belts and baldrics e...
Man wearing cloth to which only those have given full series of Feasts of Merit are entitled. Khezam...
Woman's grave near dwelling house of deceased: baskets, symbolizing domestic utensils, and implement...
Mans grave near dwelling house of deceased: wood scaffold on stone platform above place of burial on...
Clan's Men wearing festive attire set out on ceremonial visit to neighbouring clan. Kohima, Kohima. ...
Stone memorial platform erected over man's grave; carved wooden figures commemorate deceased's love ...
View of village. Maram. Manipur. J.P.Mills. The Angami Naga
Flight of irrigated terraced fields utilized for the cultivation of rice. Khonoma, Kohima.
Girl's work gang transplanting nursery grown rice-seedlings in flooded terrace field. Khonoma, Kohim...
Girl's work gang transplanting nursery grown rice seedlings in flooded terrace field. Khonoma, Kohim...
Girl's work gang transplanting under the supervision of field owner, nursery grown rice-seedlings in...
Newar
Procession of worshipper circumambulating Buddhist (Mahayana) stupa during annual festival. Bodnath....
Traders displaying goods for sale on steps of Hindu temple. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Woman selling glass bangles from street stall. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Traders displaying wares for sale in temporary booths erected in a city square. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Traders offering vegetables for sale on the steps of a temple. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Woman displaying pots for sale at a street market.
Woman buying earthen pot at a stall in a street market. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Pots displayed for sale at a street market are examined by prospective purchasers. Kathmandu. Bagmat...
Women buying vegetables displayed at a street-side stall. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Women buying fruit displayed at a street-side stall. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Professional barbers shaving clients in fore-court of Hindu temple Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Coloured cords and tassels used as hair decorations displayed at a street-side stall. Kathmandu. Bag...
Coloured cords and tassels used as hair decorations displayed for sale at a street-side stall. Kathm...
Girl selling coconuts at entrance to Hindu temple. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Cloth merchant displaying wares for sale in the veranda of a dwelling house. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
View of Kathmandu City from the west. Bagmati.
Street flanked by dwelling houses, built of sun-dried bricks and having tiled roofs. Pathan. Lalitpu...
Ariel view of town, showing compact type of settlement and surrounding irrigated fields. Bhatgaon. B...
View of irrigated fields used in the cultivation of rice. Nala. Bhaktapur. Bagmati.
Contour terraced fields used for the cultivation of irrigated rice; urban settlement built on higher...
Members of a men's association co-operate in the funerary rites for a deceased member. Nala. Bagmati...
Young woman. Nala. Bhaktapur. Bagamati.
Three-storied dwelling house, built of sun-dried bricks and having tiled roof. Nala. Bhaktapur. Bagm...
Woman weaving cotton cloth. Nala. Bhaktapur. Bagmati.
Men's association setting out for co-operative work on fields. Nala. Bhaktapur. Bagmati.
Women harvesting rice. Nala. Bhaktapur. Bagmati.
Irrigated rice fields in valley bottom (Newar) and irrigated rice terraces on hill slope (Chetri); c...
Newar
Woman wearing cotton skirt, long-sleeved blouse and shawl. Kathmandu, Bagmati. .
Man wearing white cotton trousers, shawl and head-gear. Kathmandu, Bagmati. .
Man wearing cotton trousers, shirt and shawl, and black Nepalese style cap. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmat...
Woman wearing cotton skirt, long-sleeved blouse and sash. Kathmandu, Bagmati. .
Woman wearing cotton skirt, long-sleeved blouse and shawl. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati. .
Man wearing Nepalese style cap, cotton shirt and trousers. Kathmandu, Bagmati. .
Man wearing Nepalese style cap, black waistcoat, long-sleeved shirt and scarf. Kathmandu, Bagmati. .
Women in festive attire: they wear cotton skirts, blouses and shawls. Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Bagm...
Man making bricks for use in house building. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati. .
Man making bricks for use in house building. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati. .
Women winding yarn for use in weaving. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati. .
Women setting up warp for use in weaving cotton cloth on hand looms. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati. .
Men using hoes to dig over fields which will be irrigated for rice cultivation. Nala, Baktapur, Bagm...
Men using hoes to dig over fields which will be irrigated for rice cultivation. Nala, Baktapur, Bagm...
Men and women using rakes and hoes to level fields which will be irrigated for rice cultivation. Nal...
Men repairing the dykes of fields which will be irrigated for rice cultivation. Nala, Baktapur, Bagm...
View of newly hoed fields which will be irrigated for rice cultivation. Nala, Baktapur, Bagmati. .
View of irrigated rice fields and mountains on northern rim of Kathmandu Valley during dry season. K...
View, eastwards, showing irrigated rice fields in dry season, Buddhist temple of Bodnath and mountai...
Men and boys burning straw, the ashes to be used as manure on irrigated rice fields. Nala, Baktapur,...
View of newly hoed fields which will be irrigated for rice cultivation. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati. .
Man using hoe to dig over field which will be irrigated for rice cultivation. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagm...
Man using hoe to dig over field which will be irrigated for rice cultivation. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagm...
Irrigated terraces of rice ready for harvesting. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati. .
Woman at window of dwelling house. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati. .
Back view of dwelling houses built on edge of tank. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati. .
Women fetching water from Bagmati River; shrine to local deity on river bank. Kathmandu, Bagmati. .
Man of potter caste transporting pots to market. Pathan, Lalitpur, Bagmati.
Man. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Panchgaonli
View, northwards, of Kali Gandaki valley. Thini, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
View, northwards, of Kali Gandaki valley. Shyang, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
View, northwards, of Kali Gandaki valley. Shyang, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
View of village; irrigated fields and fruit trees occupy land between dwelling houses and river. Mar...
View of village; irrigated fields and fruit trees occupy land between dwelling houses and river. Mar...
View over flat roof tops. Marpha, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
View of village street and water channel used for domestic purposes; stone-built houses are two-stor...
Stone-built memorials (mani wall and chorten) standing at entrance to village. Marpha, Baglung, Dhau...
Woman wearing cotton skirt, back-apron, sash and velvet blouse; necklace of coral beads. Marpha, Bag...
Man competing in annual archery contest which takes place on the return of the herds from the high p...
Man competing in annual archery contest which takes place on the return of the herds from the high p...
Courtyard of village temple. Marpha, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Rai
Commemorative stones set up in honour of deceased relatives. Okhaldhunga, Sagarmatha.
Commemorative stone tablet, engraved with dedicatory text in Devanagari script, set up in memory of ...
Graves marked by menhirs and dolmenlike structures. Kanku, Okhaldhunga, Sagarmatha.
Grave marked by stones arranged in dolmen-like formation. Kanku, Okhaldhunga, Sagarmatha.
Bamboo and cane suspension bridge over Arun River at Lamobagar Gola. Sankhuwa-sabha, Kosi.
Bamboo and cane suspension bridge over Arun River at Lamobagar Gola. Sankhuwa-sabha, Kosi.
Dwelling house built on piles and constructed with bamboo matting wall and grass thatched roof. Yapu...
Dwelling house built on piles and constructed with bamboo matting walls and grass thatched roof; not...
Dwelling houses built on piles and constructed with bamboo matting walls and grass thatched roof. Ya...
View of village showing dwelling houses built on piles. Yapu, Sankhuwa-Sabha, Kosi.
Cane pulley bridge across the Arun River north of Yapu. Sankhuwa-sabha, Kosi.
Woman weaving wool blanket on Indonesian type loom; warp suspended from house-eaves. Pelanga, Sankhu...
View over hill slopes showing terraced fields for irrigated crops. Okhaldunga, Sagarmatha.
Dwelling houses with white, plastered walls and grass thatched roofs standing on terraces irrigated ...
Woman wearing cotton blouse, red, bead necklaces and metal nose-ring. Kanku, Okhaldunga, Sagarmatha.
Stone built memorial platform, menhirs and dolmen set up on path for deceased. Between Okhaldunga an...
Woman wearing hand-woven woollen waistcoat, necklaces of red beads and Indian coins, shell ear-rings...
Women wearing cotton skirt, blouse and head-scarf, tassel ear-rings and necklaces of red beads and c...
Raj Gond
Interior of clan-shrine, showing cult symbol of clan god (persa pen) tied to main post. Burnur, Utnu...
Clan priest carrying symbols of clan god (persa pen) presides over the collection of clansmen's dues...
Wives of clan-members worship their husband's clan-god at the conclusion of the annual rites. Marlav...
Clan priest sets up the symbols of clan god (persa pen) and prepares for the performance of the annu...
Husband and wife co-operate in sowing millet in a newly ploughed field; man drives two-bullock ploug...
Husband and wife travelling by bullock cart. Keslapur, Utnur, Adilabad.
Group of women and girls wearing cotton skirts, and head shawls; ornaments include silver bracelets,...
Woman wearing cotton, hand-tied robe (sari) and bodice; ornaments include silver bracelets, necklet ...
Young men herding grazing cattle. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Man wearing cotton turban and shirt. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Man wearing cotton turban, shirt and shawl. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Man wearing cotton turban and shawl. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
View of village showing the dwelling houses of kinsfolk grouped in separa quarters. Burnur, Utnur, A...
Boy herding cattle plays on a bamboo pipe. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Boy herding cattle plays on a bamboo pipe. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Temporary altar set up in patron's courtyard: peacock feather cult symbol, votive figures in burnt c...
Male clan members worship the cult symbols of clan god (persa pen) during annual rites. Marlavai, Ut...
Male clan members prostrate themselves before the cult symbols of clan god (persa pen) during the an...
Wives of clan member's worshipping at the shrine of their husband's clan god (persa pen) during the ...
Husband and wife co-operate in sowing millet in newly ploughed field; woman feeds seed into seed dri...
Men and bullocks of two ploughing teams prepare a field for the season's dry cultivation. Marlavai, ...
Boy watching ripening crop of millet from bamboo platform set up in middle of field. Marlavai, Utnur...
Men using iron sickles to harvest giant millet. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Bullocks treading out grain on mud-plastered threshing floor. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Women threshing small millet with the help of a wooden mallet. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Men winnowing millet. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Man using bullock-drawn cart to bring in giant millet harvest. Kerimeri, Asifabad, Adilabad.
Group of storage bins for grain made of plaited bamboo; the bins are raised from the ground, the wal...
Man. Marlavai. Utnur. Adilabad. . The Raj Gonds of Adilabad. A Peasant Culture of the Deccan. Vol. I...
Man (Rajah of Utnur) wearing cotton shirt, Utnur, Utnur, Adilabad.
Man (Mokashi of Bambara) wearing cotton waistcoat, shirt and scarf. Bambara, Asifabad, Adilabad.
Man wearing cotton shirt, shawl and turban. Busimetta, Utnur, Adilbad.
Man wearing cotton shirt, waistcoat and turban. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Man wearing cotton shirt, scarf and turban. Burnur, Utnur, Adilabad.
Man wearing cotton shirt and turban. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Man wearing cotton bush-shirt and turban. Marlavai. Utnur, Adilabad.
Women wearing sari and choli (hand-tied skirt and bodice) of cotton cloth; ornaments include nose-ri...
Woman wearing cotton sari and choli (hand-tied skirt and bodice); ornaments include silver nose-stud...
View of village showing houses built with mud-plastered, wattle walls and grass-thatched roofs; grou...
Women buying cloth from merchant's stall at seasonal fair. Keslapur, Utnur, Adilabad.
Men and women buying bead necklaces from merchant's stall at seasonal fair. Keslapur, Utnur, Adilaba...
Women wearing cotton robes (sari) and head shawls, and silver neckletsMarlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Man wearing cotton shirt, turban and shawl. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad.
Woman wearing cotton skirt; ornaments include silver necklet and bracelet. Marlavai, Utnur, Adilabad...
Sherpa
Yak grazing in walled-in meadow at summer settlement. Laperma. Solu-khumbu Sagarmatha.
Techniques: Agriculture. View of Dudh Kosi valley; village settlement and terraced fields situated o...
Shrine of mountain god; stone cairn standing on mountain pass with clothflag votive offerings. Kunde...
Man, woman and children in festive attire: woollen robes, silk blouses and tibetan-style boots; man ...
View of Dudh Kosi valley below Namche Bazaar. (Pharak). Solu-khumbu, Sagarmatha.
Techniques: Dress and Ornament. Re-incarnate abbot of Ningmapa Buddhist monastery; he wears red wool...
View, northwards, of upper Dudh Kosi valley; cultivated meadow land situated close to summer settlem...
Azaleas in bloom on hill slopes above the Dudh Kosi river; summer settlement with stone-built dwelli...
Techniques: Agriculture. View of Mount Anadablam with flowering buckwheat growing on fields close to...
Abbot, monks and laity watching the Mani-rimdu dance-drama, a ceremony which is held annually in the...
Two women wearing woollen robes, cotton blouses, striped aprons and tibetanstyle boots. Khumjung, So...
Two women drinking from wooden bowls. Khumjung. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Man and woman in festive attire: man wears wollen robe, silk shirt, furlined embroidered felt hat an...
View, northwards, of Dudh Kosi valley. Below Gokyo, Solu-khumbu, Sagaramatha.
Buddhist (Ningmapa) monastery with temple and dwelling houses of monks. Tengboche, Solu-khumbu, Saga...
Ritual Accessories. Group of monks in courtyard of Buddhist (Ningmapa) monastery; prayer flag stands...
Library of Buddhist (Ningmapa) monastery, with walls, ceiling and book-shelves decorated with gesso ...
Section of north wall of Buddhist (Ningmapa) monastery library: walls, ceiling and shelving decorate...
Wall painting of Guru Rimpoche in first floor assembly hall of Buddhist (Ningmapa) monastery. Tengbo...
Wall painting of the Buddhas of Meditation in first floor assembly hall of Buddhist (Ningmapa) monas...
Village, Buddhist temple and dwelling house. Jungbesi, Solu-khumbu, Sagarmatha.
Wall painting of Yul-'khor-bsrung, 'King of the East' (one of the four guardian kings), in the porch...
View of Buddhist (Ningmapa) monastery with temple and dwelling houses of monks; Mount Everest in bac...
Buddhist monks wearning Tsogsho hats dance at the first-day ceremony of the mani-rimdu dance drama f...
Retired Buddhist monastery official (loben) meditating in mountain her-mitage. Pangboche, Solu-khumb...
Artist displaying his painting on cloth of Guru Rimboche. Khumjung, Solu-khumbu, Sagarmatha.
Sacrificial cakes (torma), decorated with coloured-butter flowers, as used for the rite of Dumje. Kh...
Woman feeding salt to yak. Khumjung, Solu-khumbu, Sagarmatha.
Bride seated between two grooms listens to marriage discourse at her polyandrous union. Namche Bazaa...
Yak grazing in reaped buckwheat fields near village. Khumjung, Solu-khumbu, Sagarmatha.
Buddhist monks rehearsing a scene of the mani rimdu dance drama in the monastery courtyard. Thami, S...
Villagers praying in Buddhist (Ningmapa) temple during rites of Ningne. Khumjung, Solu-khumbu Sagarm...
Painted cloth scroll (thankar) depicting Guru Rimboche. Khumjung, Solu-khumbu Sagarmatha.
Man wearing cotton shirt, woollen waistcoat and necklace of turquoise and coral beads. Lambagola, Kh...
Two men wearing woollen trousers and robe, Tibetan-style boots, and turquoise and coral necklaces. L...
Dwelling houses situated high above Arun valley. Above Lambagola, Khotang, Sagarmatha.
Commemoration stones and prayer flags set up in courtyard of village temple. Malenchigaon (Yelmu), P...
Techniques: Animal Husbandry Sketch showing permanent and seasonal habitations of yak owners of Khum...
Settlement and Dwellings: Rural. Sketch showing distribution of Sherpa population in Eastern Nepal. ...
Techniques: Animal Husbandry. Diagram showing number of yak-owners in village and size of family her...
Social Organisation: Law and Administration. Diagram illustrating the distribution of client-househo...
Techniques: Animal Husbandry. Sketch illustrating itinerary of a selected yak herd' s annual migrati...
Commemorative stone tablets engraved with Buddhist texts set up on stone seat in order to gain merit...
Fashioned upright stones standing at entrance to Buddhist temple. Malenchigaon (Yelmu), Palchoke, Ba...
Woman, wife of headman (pembu). Khumjung. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha. . The Sherpas of Nepal: Buddhist ...
Man, re-incarnate lama, abbot of Mahayana (Ningmapa) Buddhist monastery. Tengboche. Solukhumbu. Saga...
Man wearing woollen robe, silk shirt and fur-lined hat of embroidered felt; his ornaments include a ...
Woman, ex-nun, wearing woollen robe and blouse, and fur-lined hat of embroidered felt; her ornaments...
Two women in festive dress; they wear woollen robes, silk blouses and multi-coloured strip aprons; t...
Man, ex-monk, wearing woollen robe and waistcoat, silk shirt and monk's hat. Pangboche. Solu-Khumbu....
Two women in festive attire: they wear woollen robes, silk blouses and aashes; their ornaments inclu...
Young woman in every-day dress; she wears woollen robe and blouse, woollen back and front aprons, co...
Two Men festive attire; they wear fur-lined silk brocade robes, silk shirts and sashes, fur-lined ha...
Woman, wife of head-man (pembu) in festive attire; she wears woollen robe, silk blouse, brocade sash...
Section of permanent village, showing fields, paths and dwelling houses built of stone and roofed wi...
Section of main village, showing stone-built dwelling houses roofed with wooden-plants. Khumjung. So...
Section of main village showing stone-built dwelling houses roofed with wooden planks and red-painte...
Stone-built dwelling house with wooden planks roof and private Buddhist chapel; Mount Amadablam in b...
View of village and home fields situated on sliding ledge above Dudh Kosi River. Phortse. Solu Khumb...
Woman in festive attire attend the marriage celebrations in the groom's village; they wear silk robe...
Senior male relative of bride rides behind dowry (in basket) when it is brought to groom's house for...
Women of the groom's house welcome the bride's male relatives with millet beer on their arrival for ...
Women of the groom's house welcome the bride's male relatives with millet beer on their arrival for ...
Wedding guests are entertained with food, drink and dancing during the wedding celebrations; the mea...
Bride's female relative dancing during the marriage celebrations in the groom's houses. Khumjung. So...
Groom's sponsor addressing guests at the celebration of a polyandrous union. Namche Bazaar. Solu-Khu...
Men, women and children attending a memorial rite (gieva), sit in line to receive the ritual gifts o...
Men, women and children attending a memorial rite (Gieva) sit in line to receive the ritual gifts of...
Men, women and children attending a memorial rite (gieva) sit in line to receive the ritual gifts of...
Woman serving rice beer, that she has provided as an act of merit, to the congregation attending the...
Man ploughing with human traction; woman, following, sows millet seed. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarm...
Man ploughing with oxen; woman, following, sows millet seed. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Women digging up potatoes at harvest. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Men and Women harvesting buck-wheat. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Women using wooden batons to thresh buck-wheat. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Sheaves of reaped barley (irrigated) are laid out to sun-dry before being stacked. Dingboche. Solu-K...
Man carrying load of barley sheaves for stacking. Dingboche. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Field-owner prepares mid-day meal for harvesters. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Boys and girls dancing in reaped field at the conclusion of the harvest. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Saga...
Monks harvesting barley on monastery-owned land. Dingboche. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Women and girls reaping buckwheat. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Women reaping barley (irrigated). Dingboche. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Yak grazing on common land on the outskirts of a village. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Yak grazing on stubble of reaped buckwheat fields. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Yak grazing on cultivated meadowland in the vicinity of a summer settlement. Laperma. Solu-Khumbu. S...
Woman milking yak-cow crossbreed. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Yak owner dedicates one of his herd to the mountain (clan) deity khumbi-yula. Khumjung. Solu-Khumbu....
Yak grazing on steep slope above summer settlement. Macherma. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Yak grazing on rocky slopes close to snow line. Gokyo. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Yak grazing on grassy slopes above summer settlement. Laperma. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Yak grazing on stony slopes above summer settlement. Gokyo. Solu-Khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Man loading yak with provisions and household goods for use on annual migration to summer settlement...
Two men, seated at low table outside dwelling house, drink millet beer from porcelain bowls. Khumjun...
Etiquette. Ceremonial greeting between social equals: a senior Buddhist monk and a village elder tou...
Stone carver, employed by one desirous of gaining in merit and social prestige, uses hammer and chis...
Engraving of sacred Buddhist texts on rock face, which were commissioned by one desirous of gaining ...
Householders attending annual village council at which office bearers are elected and areas the seas...
Headmen (pembu) presiding over written register at annual council of village householders. Khumjung....
Procession of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monks and villagers circumambulate the village boundarie...
Procession of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monks and villagers circumambulate the village boundarie...
Procession of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monks and villagers circumambulate the Village boundarie...
Monk (Buddhist, Mahayana, Ningmapa) reciting sacred text at one of the four corners of the village d...
Monks (Buddhist, Mahayana, Ningmapa) performing the rites of Osho, Which is held annually in Spring ...
Buddhist monk (Mahayana, Nigmapa) reciting sacred texts during annual clan rite held at a summer set...
Clan members offer prayers during annual rite held at a summer settlement. Macherma. Solu-khumbu. Sa...
Men and women entering Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) village temple (gompa) to attend the Ningne rit...
Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monk fashions coloured butter into scarified cake (torma) for use at t...
Temple official (chorpen) carries sacrificial butter cake (torma) to Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) V...
Sacrificial cakes (torma) set up on altar of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) village temple during ann...
Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monk painting ritual designs in coloured sand on courtyard floor of vi...
Abbot and monks of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery preside at the rites of Mane-rimdu, a dan...
Abbot (on throne) and monks of Buddhist (Mahayana,Ningamapa) monastery sit in line on raised stone s...
Prayer flag and temporary altar, with requisite ritual accessories, erected in centre of Buddhist (M...
Monk in ceremonial dress dances during the first-day rite, Tshedbang, of the Mani-rimdu, a mystic da...
Two monks dressed as two of the four Guardian Kings of the four quarters dance the Ging-pa, the seco...
Monk, dressed as one of the Gser-skyems, dances during the second dance of the mystic dance drama pe...
Monk, dressed as Rdo-rje Gro-lod, dances the third act of the Manirimdu mystic dance drama, performe...
Monk, dressed as Rdo-rje Gro-lod, dances the third act of the Manirimdu mystic dance drama, performe...
Painted image of Padmasambhava in the Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) village temple. Khumjung. Solu-k...
Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery complex, comprising temple and dwelling houses of monks and ...
Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery complex, comprising temple and dwelling houses of monks and ...
Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery complex, comprising temple and dwelling houses of monks and ...
Entrance to Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery temple. Tengboche. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Interior of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery library, situated on first floor of temple; the ...
Techniques: Painting. Interior wall of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery library; painted imag...
Interior of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery library with walls painted with frescoes of Padm...
Ceiling fresco in porch of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) temple attached to monastery. Tengboche, So...
Ceiling painting of the wheel of life in the entrance hall of monastery temple (Buddhist, Mahayana, ...
Wall painting on an interior wall of a private Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) chapel. Khumjung. Solu-...
Image of Opame in the Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) village temple. Khumjung. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmath...
Prayer flags standing in the courtyard of the Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) village temple. Malenche...
Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) Nun with prayer wheel. Khumjung. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Man, Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monk. Tengboche. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Group of old and young Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monks in the courtyard of the monastery temple....
Religion and Ritual: Ritual Specialists. Man, Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monk. Tengboche. Solu-kh...
Group of monks seated on flat roof of entrance porch to Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery. Tha...
Settlements and Dwellings Interior of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monk's dwelling, showing simple ...
The re-incarnate Abbot of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery seated before low painted table re...
Re-incarnate Abbot of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery. Tengboche. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Retired Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) official (loben) meditates in his mountain hermitage. Dingboch...
Painted Scroll (thankar), utilized in ritual, and depicting the goddess Tara. Khumjung. Solu-khumbu....
Stone-built commemorative stupa (chorten) standing on a major thoroughfare. Jungbesi. Solu-khumbu. S...
Stone-built commemorative stupa (chorten) standing on high ground above valley. Dingboche. Solu-khum...
Stone wall with inset stone tablets, bearing engravings of sacred Buddhist texts; erected by one des...
Interior of dwelling house with family members sitting in customary places. Khumjung. Solu-khumbu. S...
Woman weaving striped cotton garters on Indonesian type loom. Khumjung. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Close up of weaving technique: Indonesian type loom carrying striped cotton garters in the process o...
Women carding cotton yarn for use in weaving cloth. Khumjung. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Woman weaving yak-hair cloth on Indonesian type loom; several strips, joined together, are used as b...
Woman weaving striped, silk cloth (to be used for women's apron) on a peddle loom. Kunde. Solu-khumb...
Woman spinning yarn from yak's hair. Khumjung. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Woman slicing and drying turnips for storage. Khumjung. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Man making Tibetan-style boots; he uses yak-hide for soles and woollen cloth for uppers. Khumjung. S...
Rhododendron forest. Above Jungbesi. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Forest clearing utilized as summer pasturage for horses. Jungbesi. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Load carriers crossing wooden-plank bridge over Bhote Kosi River. Thami. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
View of Nangpa La pass and the valley of the Bhote Kosi River, a major trade route between Nepal and...
View, northwards, of Bhote Kosivalley with fields enclosed by stone walls on lower slopes. Thami. So...
View, northwards, of mountains on the Nepal-Tibet border and the path running over the Nangpa La pas...
View, northwards, of Dudh Kosi valley, with path linking Phalak Region and Namche Bazaar. Lukla. Sol...
View of rocky slopes at the foot of Mount Everest showing type of scrub-growth and coarse grass whic...
Section of village, showing dwelling houses and walled-in fields of standing buckwheat; Mount Anadab...
View, northwards of the upper Dudh Kosi valley; stone-built settlements with cultivated, walled-in m...
View, north wards, of upper Dudh Kosi valley; primulas grow on a type of grassland which provides su...
View, northwards, of upper Dudh Kosi valley; scrub and azalaes grow on scree-covered mountain slopes...
View of morain and glacial lake in the upper Dudh Kosi valley; summer settlement comprising stone bu...
View, northwards, of upper Dudh Kosi valley; summer settlement comprising stone-built dwelling house...
View, northwards of Dudh Kosi valley; yak grazing in river bed. Laperma. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Stone-built dwelling house, private chapel and prayer flag. Phaplu. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Men entering Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) village temple for the annual Ninge rites. Khumjung. Solu...
View, northwards, of the upper Dudh Kosi valley; summer settlement comprising stone-built dwelling h...
Wooded slope above Dudh Kosi valley, with pilgrims climbing path to monastery. Tengboche. Solu-khumb...
Wall painting of kings of four quarters in porch of Buddhist (Mahayana, Ningmapa) monastery. Tengboc...
Mauve primulae growing on grazing ground. Jungbesi. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Rhododendrons in flower. Jungbesi. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Blue poppies growing in the upper Dudh Kosi valley. Gokyo. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Blue poppies growing in the upper Dudh Kosi valley. Gokyo. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Rhodendrons in flower. Jungbesi. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Rhodendrons in flower. Jungbesi. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
View, northwards, of the upper Dudh Kosi valley; summer settlement comprising stone-built dwelling h...
Rhododendrons in flower. Thami-Namche Bazaar path. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Rhododendrons in flower. Jungbesi. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Rhododendrons in flower. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Rhododendrons in flower. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
View, northwards, to Cho Oyu; terraced fields in valley bottom. Dingboche. Solu-khumbu. Sagarmatha.
Telugu Castes
Men ploughing with bullocks in fields growing dry crops. Bhadrachalam, Khamman.
View of fields cultivated with irrigated rice; men and women gathering reaped crop. Narsampet, Waran...
Men harvesting rice grown on irrigated fields. Kamareddy, Nizamabad.
Women transplanting nursery-grown rice seedlings in irrigated fields. Kamareddy, Nizamabad.
Men and women transplanting nursery-grown rice seedlings in irrigated fields. Kamareddy, Nizamabad.
Women transplanting nursery-grown rice seedlings in irrigated fields. Kamareddy, Nizamabad.
Men transplanting nursery-grown rice seedlings in irrigated fields. Kamareddy, Nizamabad.
Men ploughing with bullocks in fields irrigated for the cultivation of rice. Kamareddy, Nizamabad.
Men ploughing with bullocks in fields irrigated for the cultivation of rice. Kamareddy, Nizamabad.
View of tank, showing dyke controlling water flow for use in the irrigation of rice. Kamareddy, Niza...
Buffaloes wallowing in irrigation tank. Narsampet, Warangal.
Thakali
Man wearing Nepal-style cap and shirt and western-style coat and jersey. Tukche, Mustang, Dhaulagiri...
Procession of nuns, laity and musicians accompanying newly-made statue of Opame, which will be insta...
Monks in ritual costume perform the Gser-skyems, the first scene of the Mani-rimdu dance drama. Tser...
Religion and Ritual Religious Accessories. View, northwards, up Kali Gandaki valley; square-based, s...
Techniques: Agriculture. View, northwards, up Kali Gandaki valley; irrigated fields situated in vall...
View, northwards, up Kali Gandaki valley; Dhaulagiri in the background.
View, northwards, up Kali Gandaki valley; Dhaulagiri in the background. Tatopani, Baglung, Dhaulagir...
View of village, with Dhaulagiri in the background; terraced fields, embanked with stone, occupy slo...
View of village situated on left bank of Kali Gandaki river; fields irrigated by mountain stream occ...
View of village situated on left bank of Kali Gandaki river; fields irrigated by mountain stream occ...
View of village with stone-built, flat roofed dwelling houses; fields irrigated by mountain stream o...
Plank bridge built across stream at entrance to village. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Village street with two-storied, stone-built dwelling houses to either side; Dhaulagiri in the backg...
Village street with two-storied, stone-built dwelling houses to either side; Tukche, Baglung, Dhaula...
View of village with stone-built, flat roofed dwelling houses; fields irrigated by mountain stream o...
Dwelling houses build of stone and flat roofs used as working areas. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Mani wall standing at the entrance to village; rites for the erection of a prayer flag. Tukche, Bagl...
Inner courtyard of well-to-do trader. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Monk waiting for alms outside a dwelling house. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Woman wearing blouse, waistcoat, sash with pouch and necklaces of coral and turquoise. Tukche, Baglu...
Nun with small dog. Gophang, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Two women wearing old-fashioned and new style clothing: Older woman dressed in waistcoat, blouse and...
Man wearing Nepali trousers, shirt, waistcoat and cap and fur lined waistcoat. Tukche, Baglung, Dhau...
Man wearing Nepali type shirt, sash, waistcoat and wool cap. Gophang, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Woman wearing blouse, skirt, backapron and necklace of coral and turquoise beads. Lete, Baglung, Dha...
Mule caravan carrying grain from middle-range villages cross a mountain stream. Tukche, Baglung, Dha...
Mule caravan carrying grain from middle-range villages cross the Kali Gandaki river. Tukche, Baglung...
Mules, ladened with grain, are stabled overnight in traders courtyard. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Bhotia drovers accounting to Thakali trader for loads of salt brought by caravan from Tibet. Tukche,...
Trader's wife measuring loads of salt newly arrived from Tibet. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Man ploughing with oxen. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Men ploughing with two ploughs and two pairs of oxen. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Women reaping barley with wooden sticks. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Women reaping barley with wooden sticks. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Men Stacking Straw for winter fodder. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Men and Women stacking straw for use as winter fodder. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri
Men and Women reaping wheat with reaping knife. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri
Women spreading ripened grain to dry on flat roofs of dwelling houses; Daulagiri in the background. ...
Men and Women threshing grain with long-handled, flexible mallets. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri
Men and women threshing grain with long-handled, flexible mallets on the felt roof of a dwelling hou...
Men and women harvesting barley. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Religion and Ritual: pilgrimage. Women in festive attire set out on annual pilgrimage to Siddha cave...
Women engaged on annual pilgrimage to Siddha cave camp in Tibetan type tent. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaula...
Incarnate lama reading sacred texts on the flat roof of his dwelling house. Tukche, Baglung, Dhaulag...
Procession of monks, nuns and lay folk accompanying new image of Buddha to be installed in village t...
Procession of monks, nuns and lay folk accompanying new image of Buddha to be installed in village t...
Procession of monks, nuns and lay folk circumambulating the village temple on the occasion of the in...
Procession of monks, nuns and lay folk accompanying new image of Buddha to be installed in village t...
Nuns outside village temple. Gophang, Baglung, Dhaulagiri.
Women entering Mai-ki-lha-khang for the rites accompanying the installation of new image of Opame. K...
Jankri (lineage priest) reciting prayers for the departed at a Lachesi rite for agnatic kinsmen; tem...
Jankri (lineage priest) making offerings to the departed at a Lachesi rite for agnatic kinsmen; temp...
Girls winding yarn for use in weaving Tukche, Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
Boy candidate for rite of the first hair cutting (choku garnu) wearing new shirt, trousers and turba...
Boy candidate for rite of the first hair cutting (choku garnu) is seated before temporary altar on w...
Male relatives of boy candidate wear marigold garlands for the rite of the first hair cutting (choku...
Male relatives of boy candidate wear marigold garlands for the rite of the first hair cutting (choku...
Stone built shrine of goddess Mai; heads of sheep and goat sacrificed at annual rite to protect vill...
Stone built shrine of forest deity; coloured flags and red powder are used to decorate shrine at tim...
Stone built shrine of forest deity; coloured flags and red powder are used to decorate shrine at tim...
Nuns perform the rite of tsho in Buddhist temple, Mai-khi-lha-kang; they play trumpets, cymbals and ...
Nuns perform the rite of tsho in Buddhist temple, Mai-khi-lha-kang; they play trumpets, cymbals and ...
Monks in ritual costume perform the Gser-skyems, the first scene of the Mani-rimdu dance drama. Tser...
Monk in the ritual costume of Dro-rje Gro-lod performs the third act in the Mani-rimdu dance drama. ...
Buddhist temple situated in forest grove on outskirts of village. Tserok. Mustang, Dhaulagiri.
Eight of the assembly of thirteen headmen (tera mukhyia) which meets annually to discuss the affairs...
Two of the assembly of thirteen headmen (tera mukhyia) which meets annually to discuss the affairs o...
Man wearing Nepal-style cap and shirt and sheep-skin lined, woollen robe. Tukche, Mustang, Dhaulagir...
Tibetan
Man wearing sheepskin robe and woollen cap Tukche, Mustang, Dhaulagiri (refugee from Changtang).
Horses grazing on upland pastures. Tibrikot, Karnali (refugees from Kam).
Memorial Stones (mani) set up in village. Dorpatan, Rukum, Karnali. (Refugees from Tsang).
Women women wearing silk blouses, embroidered felt hats, coral and turquoise jewellery and hair plai...
Women of high social status in working attire: handwoven, woollen robe and blouse and cotton, stripe...
Man, woman and child of high social status in working attire: man wears fur-lined, woollen robe, sil...
Young woman of low social status wearing sheepskin robe and coral ear-rings. Campt above Takyu, Dolp...
Three women wearing woollen, hand-woven robes and striped cotton aprons; plaited hair-style (back vi...
Religion and Ritual: Ritual Accessories. Man wearing handwoven, woollen robe carries copper and bras...
Horseman leading ponies over high pass. Dolpo, Dhaulagiri. (Refugee from Tibet).
Man wearing sheep-skin robe and cap, spins yak hair into yarn. Kagbeni, Mustang, Dhaulagiri. (Refuge...
Camp of white living tents. Above Kagbeni, Mustang, Dhaulagiri. (Refugees from Kam).
Camp of white living tents. Above Kagbeni, Mustang, Dhaulagiri. (Refugees from Kam).
View of Sa sKya gDan Sa, the capital of Sa sKya: the quarter lying on the north bank of the Grum Riv...
View of Sa sKya gDan Sa, the capital of Sa sKya: the quarter lying on the south bank of the Grum Riv...
Drawing of a lady of Lhasa city showing details of dress and ornament: elaborate head-dress, robe an...
Drawing of a lady from the countryside near Lhasa, showing style of dress similar to that of Lhasa c...
Drawing of a lady of Tsang showing details of dress and ornament: she wears a richly embroidered rob...
Drawing of a lady of the nomadic peoples of eastern Tibet wearing robe and apron, often made of silk...
Drawing of a lady of the nomadic people: of eastern Tibet (back view), wearing robe and apron, often...
Drawing of a woman of the nomadic peoples of eastern Tibet wearing robe and apron; plaited hair-styl...
Drawing of a woman of the nomadic peoples of eastern Tibet (back view) wearing robe and apron; plait...
Drawings of tent types used by the nomadic peoples of eastern Tibet: 1. A simple family tent made of...
Subsidiary tentage used by the nomadic peoples of eastern Tibet: Tent, with top vent, used for stori...
Drawing of interior of living tent as used by nomadic peoples of eastern Tibet, showing arrangement ...
Drawing of interior of living tent (as used by nomadic pastoralists of Eastern Tibet) showing arrang...
Drawings illustrative of the uses of yak hair: long hair for ropes and tentage material; short hair ...
Drawings illustrative of the processes used in converting yak hair into yarn. Amdo. Thubten Jigme No...
Drawings of implements and weapons used by men of the nomadic pastoralists of Eastern Tibet: fightin...
Techniques: Dress and Ornament. Man; he wears dress and ornaments appropriate to aristocratic status...
Techniques: Dress and Ornament. Man; he wears dress and ornaments appropriate to aristocratic status...
Toda
Man of North Indid racial type. E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History"....
Woman of North Indid racial type. E.von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History...
Man. Ootacamund. Nilgiris.
Sacred dairy of conical shape (poh) of the Nòdrsol clan (Tarthar group); ritual centre of ti instit...
Man wearing characteristic 'double-layer' cloak. Melgars, Ootacamund, Nilgiris.
Three women wearing characteristic 'double layer' cloak. Taradr, Ootacamund, Nilgiris.
Women, wearing characteristic 'double layer' cloak, sitting on step of barrel-roofed dwelling house....
Barrel-roofed dwelling houses surrounded by stonewallMelgars, Ootacamund, Nilgiris.
Buffalo-pen (tu) surrounded by stone wall. Tardr. Ootacamund, Nilgiris.
Buffaloes grazing near dwelling houses. Taradr, Ootacamund, Nilgiris.
Woman. Ootacamund. Nilgiris.
Woman. Ootacamund. Nilgiris.
Wanchu Naga
View over foothills of Patkoi range. Tirap.
View over foothills of Patkoi range. Tirap.
View of village situated on hill-crest.
Dwelling houses with raised sitting-platforms.
Dwelling houses with raised sitting platforms facing village street.
View over foothills with road leading from Konsa to village out-post; maize standing in fields culti...
Field house standing in fenced-in area cultivated by slash-and-burn method.
Field house and fenced-in areas cultivated by slash-and-burn method.
View over village cultivable land showing slopes lying fallow and slopes under cultivation by slash-...
View of cultivable land showing slopes lying fallow and slopes under cultivation by slash-and-burn m...
Dwelling house with raised sitting platform situated on high ground.
Young man with cane belt, cotton loin-cloth, multi-coloured baldric and red cane hat.
Two men wearing cane belts, cotton loin-cloths and bead necklaces.
Young man wearing cane belt, blue and red hand-woven, loin cloth and bead necklaces with carved meta...
Young man wearing cane belt, blue and red hand-woven loin cloth and bead necklaces with carved metal...
Young girl wearing white cotton loin cloth, red and blue necklaces, bead tassel ear ornaments and me...
Man wearing black cotton waistcoat, red coat and metal ear studs.
Young man carrying axe and basket goes to work on the fields.
Men's house situated on outskirts on village with stone sitting platform and stone menhir.
Boys wearing cane belts, white cotton cloth loin cloths, bead necklaces, bead ear-tassels, metal arm...
Boys, community house members, wearing festive dress for the head-hunting dance: bone necklets, bead...
Two young men wearing white, cotton loin-cloths, cane belts, red cane garters, bead necklaces and pl...
Young man playing jew's harp.
Young man fashioning a bamboo vessel.
Young man weaving split bamboo into mats.
Young man making basket from split bamboo.
Young man making pellets for pellet bow.
Young men, members of community house, beating log-drum standing in courtyard of community house.
Young men dressed for head-hunting dance.
Men and boys dancing the head-hunting dance.
Young man singing during the head-hunting dance.
Young men enacting head-hunting dance. Tirap Frontier Tract.
Young men enacting head-hunting dance. Tirap Frontier Tract.
Young man, back view, dressed for head-hunting dance; he carries 'head-basket' made of cane and deco...
Graveyard of chiefly lineage; raised corpse platform erected close to village entrance. Tirap Fronti...
Wojari
Man polishing metal ornaments made by the cire-perdue process. Deoti, Asifabad, Adilabad.
Man making wax mould to be used in the manufacture of metal ornament by the cire-perdue process. Deo...
Ornaments of brass which have been manufactured by the cire-perdu process. Deoti, Asifabad, Adilabad...
Zulung
Young man. Kamla valley, Subansiri.
Dwelling house built on piles with bamboo walls and palm thatched roof; situated in a forest clearin...
Two dwelling houses built on piles with bamboo walls and palm thatched roofs. Situated in a forest c...
Man using dao to extract the edible pith of the sago fern. Near the Dafla village of Rilo, Subansiri...
Man using digging stick to unearth edible, wild-growing tubers. Near the Dafla village of Rilo, Suba...
Man pounding pith of sago fern into pulp for domestic purposes. Near the Dafla village of Rilo, Suba...
Woman cooking the pounded pith of the sago fern in an earthen pot. Near the Dafla village of Rilo, S...
Two young men; they wear hand- woven, shrub-fibre cloths and wooden ear-plugs. Zulung settlement att...
Architecture
Buddhist
Stone lined tank situated in court of monastery temple. Kandy, Central Province.
Stupa and spire of temple. Bodnath Patan, Bagmati.
Stupa of temple. Bodnath, Patan, Bagmati.
Ariel view of temple complex. Bodnath. Lalitpur. Bagmati.
Stupa and spire of central shrine in temple complex. Bodnath. Lalitpur. Bagmati. .
Stupa and spire of central shrine in temple complex. Bodnath. Lalitpur. Bagmati.
Spire of central shrine in temple complex. Bodnath. Lalitpur. Bagmati.
Hindu
View of temple situated on raised ground above the river Godavari, close to place where Rama is said...
Techniques: Sculpture. Stone carving of Siva-Parvati in the Lingaraju temple. Bhubaneshwar, Puri. Go...
Tower of the Linguraju temple; temple built by Lelat Indra Kesari, Lion dynasty, 617-651 A.D. tower ...
Tower, sikara, built over entrance to Ghateswara temple. Badoli. Government of India
Hawa Mahal, Hall of Winds, erected by Maharaja Madho Sing I (1751-1768 A.D.); built five stories hig...
View of two gopurams of the temple complex dedicated to Minakshi, the fish-eyed goddess, consort of ...
View of quadrangle containing the Tank of the Golden Lilies (Swarnapushpakarini) which forms part of...
Temple dedicated to Kistaraya; double structure (jor bangla) resembling two thatch and bamboo huts j...
Group of temples. Badoli. Government of India
Institutions Limestone colonnade in the Shiva temple, believed to mark the place from which Rama cro...
Temple dedicated to Malikarjuna situated on the left bank of the Malprabh River. Pattadkal, Bijapur....
Pagoda type temple built on raised plinth. Bhatgaon. Bhaktapur. Bagmati.
Pagoda type shrines and votive pillar situated in centre of Durbar Square. Pathan. Lalitpur. Bagmati...
Pagoda type shrines and votive pillar situated in centre of Durbar Square. Pathan. Lalitpur. Bagmati...
Pagoda type shrines and votive pillar situated in centre of Durbar Square. Pathan. Lalitpur. Bagmati...
Pagoda type shrines and votive pillar situated in centre of Durbar Square. Pathan. Lalitpur. Bagmati...
West wall of Durbar palace, showing elaborately carved wooden window frames. Pathan. Lalitpur. Bagma...
West wall of Durbar palace, showing gilded window above entrance from which the Kings gave audience....
Elaborately carved wooden window frame on west wall of Durbar palace. Pathan. Lalitpur. Bagmati.
Pagoda type temple built on raised plinth. Bhatgaon. Bhaktapur. Bagmati.
Temple dedicated to goddess Lakshmi. Jawalakhel. Bhaktapur. Bagmati. .
Detail of votive pillars set up in courtyard of temple dedicated to god Hanuman. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Black stone carving of god Hanuman standing in the forecourt of temple. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Entrance to the forecourt of temple dedicated to god Hanuman. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Entrance to shrine dedicated to goddess Bhagavati. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Gilded palace window from which the kings of Lalitpur gave audience to assemblies in Durbar Square; ...
Miscellaneous
Village temple serving local Hindu and Muslim communities. Yaldrug, Raichur.
Twentieth century gateway to modern shopping centre. Kathmandu. Bagmati.
Muslim
Tomb of Muhammed Adil Shah (1490-1686 Adil Shahi dynasty), known as Gol Gumbaz (round dome); built o...
View of the Taj Mahal, the mausoleum containing the tombs of Mumtaz-i-Mahal and her husband Emperor ...
View of the T j Mahal, the mausoleum containing the tombs of Mumtaz-i-Mahal and her husband Emperor ...
View of the Taj Mahal, the mausoleum containing the tombs of Mumtaz-i-Mahal and her husband Emperor ...
View of the Great Gateway of the Taj Mahal; built of red sandstone inlaid with ornaments and inscrip...
View of the Lahore Gate of the Lal Kila (Red Fort) erected by the Emperor Aurangzeb Delhi.
View over the buildings standing within the walls of the Lal Kila (Red Fort) built by the Emperor Sh...
View of the Lahore Gate of the Lal Kila (Red Fort) erected by the Emperor AurangzebDelhi.
View of the Diwan-i-Am, the Hall of Public Audience standing in the court of the Lal Kila (Red Fort)...
View of Lahore Gate of the Lal Kila (Red Fort) erected by Emperor Aurangzeb. Delhi.
View of the Diwan-i-Khás, the Hall of Private Audience standing in the cour of the Lal Kila (Red Fo...
View of the tombs of the Muslim Kutb Shah Kings of Golgonda (1507-1687 A.D.) situated near the capit...
Tomb of Muhammad Kuli Kutb Shah (1580-1612 A.D.), founder of the City of Hyderabad. Golgonda, Hydera...
Nakkar Kana, Music Gallery of the fortified capital of the Kutb Shahi Kings of Golgonda (1507-1612 A...
The great mosque, with the sanctuary of the Kaaba, which houses the black stone of Abraham (set up b...
Muslim bosque built of sun-dried bricks. Soltanieh, on the way to Tabriz Hugo A. Bernatzig. Die Neue...
Maps & Diagrams
'Asian Realms'. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1962
Physical features. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. Methuen & Co. 1...
Nepal in relation to Asia. Rradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.
Government of India
Preferred altitudes of settlement of selected ethnic groups inhabiting Bagmati, Janakpur and Sagarma...
Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.
Political Divisions (1956) Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.
Population density. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal
Transportation: main lines of communication. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.
Drainage. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.
Buddhist population. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.
Population by Religion. Pradyumna Prasad Karan. Nepal.
Sketch showing distribution of ethnic groups in north-central Kali Gandaki valley: Thakali, Panchgao...
Sketch showing villages of Thakali in north-central valley of Kali Gandaki valley. Mustang, Dhaulagi...
Sketch showing valley of the Sun Kosi river: Bagmati, Janakpur and Sagar-matha Anchals. C. von F?rer...
Distribution of languages: linguistic boundaries now coincide with State boundaries. L. Dudley Stamp...
Distribution of Austric speech family. P.W. Schmidt. Die Sprachfamilien und Sprachenkreise der Erde....
Distribution of Austro-Asiatic languages in India and South-East Asia. G. Grierson. Linguistic Surve...
Distribution of Pronominalized languages. Gordon T. Bowles. "Linguistic and Racial Aspects of the Mu...
Distribution of the Dravidian family of languages. G. Grierson. Linguistic Survey of India Vol. I. C...
Distribution of the Indo-Aryan family of languages. . Linguistic Survey of India Vol. I Calcutta. Su...
Distribution of Dardic family of languages: a. where Dardic languages are now spoken. b. where Dardi...
Approximate position of the various groups of the Tibeto-Burman sub-family of languages. . Linguisti...
Localities in South Asia and in Burma in which Siamese Chinese languages are spoken. . Linguistic Su...
Main physical features; the great alluvial river- plains are lettered as noted below: A. Tigris-Euph...
Political, showing State boundaries of 1963. New Delhi. Survey of India. 1963.
Land forms of South Asia: the plains of India and Pakistan are chiefly in the lowlands of the Indus,...
Simplification of physical characteristics, showing the threefold division into the mountain wall, r...
Density of population per square mile (1951). L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geograp...
Location of cities of 50,000 in-habitants and over in India and Pakistan (1941). Kingsley Davis. The...
Irrigation old and new: 1. Area commanded by modern canals 2. Wells 3. UP tube wells 4. Tanks 5. Maj...
Nuclear culture areas - Asoka to Aurangzeb: an attempt to illustrate the relative permanence of boun...
Distribution of mineral resources in India and Pakistan. Al. Bauxite Ap. Apatite Au. Gold B. Barytes...
Areas in which the three major food crops and the principal commercial fibres are grown: rice, wheat...
Diagram Number of acres of agricultural land per person dependent on the land (selected areas of Bri...
Surface configuration showing Asia as a mountain-hearted continent with surprisingly small areas of ...
Medieval trade routes between Europe and the Far East. (Medieval names where differing from modern n...
Chief routes across the mountain wall of India (numbers refer to the explanation in text). Stamp. A...
World distribution of emigrants from India and Pakistan, about 1940. Kingsley Davis. The Population ...
Distribution of major communities in India and Pakistan, 1941 (By courtesy of L.Hoffmann, G.J). O.M....
Distribution of minor communities in India and Pakistan, 1941 (Placings of symbols approximate and t...
Distribution of Christians in the population, 1931. Kingsley Davis. The Population of India and Paki...
Distribution of Tribal religionists in the population of India and Pakistan, 1931. Kingsley Davis. T...
Distribution of the races and tribes of India and Pakistan. E. von Eickstedt. "The Position of Mysor...
Distribution of the races and tribes of India and Pakistan. Duplicate of Slide No. 37.
Political units, 1946. John Scofield. "India in Crisis". National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 123. 196...
Rainfall: variations from over 450 inches to an inch or less; heaviest precipitation occurs on mount...
Political units, 1963. John Scofield. "India in Crisis". National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 123. 196...
Main routes across Central Asia. L. Dudley Stamp. Asia. A Regional and Economic Geography. London. M...
Himalayan Region: Tibet, S.W. China, North Central and North East India. Desmond Doig. "Sikkim". IN:...
Sikkim and surrounding areas. Desmond Doig. "Sikkim". IN: National Geographic Magazine. Vol. 123. 19...
Kashmir and sounding areas, showing region disputed by Pakistan, India and China. W.E.Garrett. "Moun...
Himalayan Region: Kashmir and the surrounding areas disputed by China (Communist China claims the Ak...
Seasonal movements of Bhotiya populations in Kumaon: 1. Movement of goods to intermediate bases 2. A...
Distribution of population: 'Asia's people live in the good land, and there are vast areas that offe...
Concentrations of population in the monsoon lands, excepting Indo-China. Each dot represents approxi...
Territory of Sa sKya Buddhist sect, showing monasteries and area to which officials from Capital wer...
Tsang Domain of Sa sKya proper, showing District Offices, Monasteries and Nunneries, Settlements and...
Distribution of non-herding populations of Sa sKya proper. Tsang. C.W.Cassinelli and Robert E. Ekval...
Sa sKya gDan Sa, the capital of sKya, showing principal sections of the town, main buildings, concen...
Basin of the Tigris-Euphrates River and surrounding areas; stippled area shows alluvial delta plain....
Vegetation of the Arab Peninsular, showing cultivated land, deserts, steppes and steppe deserts. L. ...
Area and population of Asia compared with those of the world as a whole; excluding Antarctica, Asia ...
Principal religions (Shintoism in Japan and Taoism in China are two important religions not included...
Sketch map of Nepal Valley showing Bagmati River and tributaries, and towns and major villages. Bagm...
Languages of Europe and Asia. P.W. Schmidt. Die Sprachfamilien und Sprachenkreise der Erde. Heidelbe...
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