Group portrait of Namboothiris in upland Kerala
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Title:
Group portrait of Namboothiris in upland Kerala
Creator:
Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( Photographer )
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( contributor )
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
[s.l.]
Publisher:
[s.n.]
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Language:
English
Materials:
Photographic film: 35mm B&W neg Agfa Isopan F ( medium )

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Nambudiris ( LCSH )
Brahmans ( LCSH )
Genre:
Nambudiri ( Ethnicity )
Brahmin ( Ethnicity )
ब्राह्मण ( Ethnicity )
நம்பூதிரி ( Ethnicity )
നമ്പൂതിരി ( Ethnicity )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- Kerala -- Idukki District
Coordinates:
10 x 77

Notes

Abstract:
Namboothiris, who wear the sacred thread, are a high-status Brahmin caste in Kerala traditionally associated with Vedic ritual activity and scholarship. ( en )
General Note:
Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995) was born and educated in Vienna, gaining a PhD in anthropology from the University of Vienna in 1931. A grant from the Rockefeller Foundation enabled him to study at the London School of Economics, under the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. In 1936, he went to the Naga Hills in northeast India for his first fieldwork; over the next four decades, he worked extensively in south & central India, northeast India and Nepal. In 1950 he was appointed Professor of Anthropology at SOAS, where he established the Department of Anthropology. During his career, he published seventeen books, most of them ethnographies of tribal cultures. He was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1975-77) and a pioneer in the field of visual anthropology.
General Note:
ஆசியா -- இந்தியா -- கேரளம்
General Note:
ఆసియా -- భారతదేశం -- కేరళ
General Note:
ආසියානු -- ඉන්දියාව -- කේරල
General Note:
एशिया -- भारत -- केरल
General Note:
एशिया -- भारत -- केरला
General Note:
Haimendorf's indexers knew the Nambudiri as the 'Namboothiri' (an alternate transliteration of the name). Wikipedia identifies the Nambudiri as Brahmin subgroup.
General Note:
This photograph was taken between 1953 April and 1953 May
General Note:
SOAS name authority for "Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist" is GB/NNAF/P146323.
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 : record number 109126645
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This item is protected by copyright. Please use in accord with Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC). High resolution digital master available from SOAS, University of London - the Digital Library Project Office.
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General Note:
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General Note:
Haimendorf's original image reference number: 331_33
General Note:
Digitised from: 35mm B&W neg Agfa Isopan F
General Note:
Funded in the United Kingdom by JISC

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
© 1953, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Nicholas Haimendorf, son of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. ----- Creative Commons (by-nc-nd). -- This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 19/6/NAYA/0040 ( SOAS Archives catalog number )