Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

University of Massachusetts Amherst


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University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

At a festival with drums and dancing, a Munda mother with her infant daughter watch the dancing.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Men pull ropes attached to a large canoe out at sea in this bay near a small coastal fishing village in South India.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

A bougainvillea vine climbs up over the top of the gate of a house in Chennai. Children gather near the gate to pose for a photo.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Birhor men drum as young girls dance in the permanent settlement. One young man has a spinning rattle. Mountains can be seen in the background. After 1947, the Indian government …


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Men in small rafts pole out to sea in this bay near a small coastal fishing village in South India.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Two men of the uplands in the Ranchi district work to butcher a water buffalo, while others look on.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

Traditional Munda dancing for harvest festivals include women dancing to the men's drumming.


University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1956 English

The Birhor belong to the Proto-Australoid racial stock. Ethnologically, they are akin to the Santals, Mundas, and Hos. After Indian independence, the government attempted to settle the Birhors by giving …