IDNO

LS.100430.WHR

Description

On Catalogue Card: "India, S. Toda. 120.21
Tilipa (12) wearing his hair long on account of a vow made at a Hindu temple
W.H.R.R. fig. 62, p.575"

Rivers mentions the boy as Tilapa in the book.

Place

S Asia; India; South India; Nilgiri Hills

Cultural Affliation

Toda

Named Person

Tilapa

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Rivers, William Halse Rivers

Date

1902

Collection Name

Rivers CollectionTeaching Slide Collection

Source

Rivers, William Halse Rivers

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

It is not certain whether these lantern slides were part of Rivers bequest, or were already a part of the Museum’s teaching collection before Rivers died.

This may have been photographed by Rivers himself.

This record was updated during research supported by Getty Grant Program One.