The information that accompanies the pix in this website reads as
"Photograph
of the five hill tribes of the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu, taken by an
unknown photographer from the Madras School of Arts in c. 1871-72. This
photograph forms the Frontispiece of James Wilkinson Breeks 'An Account
of the Primitive Tribes and Monuments of the Nilgiris' (India Museum,
London, 1873). Breeks was the Commissioner of the Nilgiris and wished to
make a record of the indigenous hill-tribes of the region before their
way of life, customs and legends died out due to increasing western
influences. In this photograph, two men represent each of the five local
tribes: Irula, Badaga, Toda, Kota and Kurumba".
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