Malabar Coast (coastline)
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Fishermen of the Malaba [sic] coast, 1875 - 1880
176 x 127 mm. Showing a fishing boat and crew beached on the seashore. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 629.
Malabar, a Cheruma girl, 1901
Three quarter length portrait of a Cheruma hill girl posed beside a tree. The Cheruma are low caste inhabitants of Malabar, mainly engaged in agricultural occupations.
Malabar, a Cheruma home, 1901
Showing an isolated thatched house standing among palm trees in a field.
Malabar, a creek, 1901
View looking along a palm-shaded creek.
Malabar, a fishing village, 1901
Showing the thatched houses of a waterfront village, with a coconut plantation in the background.
Malabar, a fishing village, 1901
View looking along a path towards tree-shaded thatched houses.
Malabar, a hut, 1901
Malabar, a Koshawa girl, 1901
Half-length portrait of a low-caste Koshawa girl.
Malabar, a Moplah, 1901
Three quarters length portrait of a Moplah man. Moplahs (Mappillas) are a Muslim community in Madras. They are divided into castes.
Malabar, a Moplah temple, 1901
Exterior view of the front of the temple, a three storey building (plus attic) with a pitched roof of thatch.
Malabar, a Nair beauty, 1901
Half length portrait. See Y3022P/15.
Malabar, a Nair family, 1901
Portrait of a family group posed in front of a banana tree.
Malabar, a Nair girl, 1901
Head and shoulders portrait of a girl with heavy metal earrings.
Malabar, a Numburi Brahmin girl, 1901
Full length portrait of a girl holding a parasol. A note by Miss Hartley states: ‘A Namburdieri [Nambutiri] Brahmin girl. These are the highest caste of Brahmins’.
Malabar, a picturesque road, 1901
View looking along a tree-shaded road towards the houses of a village.
Malabar, a quiet evening, 1901
Showing sailing boats at their moorings.
Malabar, a shady avenue, 1901
Malabar, a shady road, 1901
Malabar, a Tieru girl, 1901
Malabar, a Tieru girl, 1901
Half length portrait.
Malabar, a Tieru girl, 1901
Half length portrait of the girl seen in Y3022P/34.
Malabar, a Tieru girl ‘just awake’, 1901
A posed portrait study of a half-naked girl stretching. A note by Miss Hartley states: ‘Tieru? Possibly a garbled version of ‘Thiyya’. (Known as Eylabas [?] in southern Kerala). A toddy tapping caste, the highest of the once untouchable castes. They bear a strong resemblance in facial type, customs and character to the Nayars.’ See also Y3022P/58, Y3022P/75, Y3022P/80 and Y3022P/84.
Malabar, a Tieru girl (servant), 1901
Three quarter length portrait of a Tieru girl with a parasol. See Y3022P/34.
Malabar, a Tieru lady, 1901
Half length portrait of a woman with a parasol: see Y3022P/34.
Malabar, a Tieru woman, 1901
Half length portrait.