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Northeast: Abors, Chakmas, Daflas, Garos, Kachharis, Mishmis & Nagas	Central India: Muria youth in their ghotul in Bastar, Chhattisgarh	Misc. 1: Murias, Santals, Khasis & Mishmis of central, eastern & northeastern India	Misc. 2: Todas, Bhils & Santals of southern, western & eastern India	Central & East-Central: Murias, Gadavas & Saoras

NY98 Section 5.1:   Land and People - Tribals Panel 1:   Abors, Chakmas, Daflas, Garos, Kachharis, Mishmis & Nagas of Northeastern India Top Row: Center:   ny51-01 Naga youth, from Nagaland, with brass replacements for shrunken head-hunting skulls, 1950's. Right:   ny51-02 Mishmi youth near Tibetan border, Nizamghat, North East Frontier (now Arunachal), 1950's.   page with larger image
	2nd Row: Left:  ny51-03   Chakma women drinking rice beer in communal drinking house, Tripura, early 1950's. Center:   ny51-04   Naga youth wearing traditional feather headgear, 1950's. Right:   ny51-05   Garo couple on a lake, fishing from a canoe, Meghalaya, 1940's.   Larger image in: (a) Illustrated Text (b) Sample Photographs 3rd Row: Left:  ny51-06   Chuli-kata Mishmi mother and sons ginning cotton, Arunachal, 1940's. Center:   ny51-07   Dafla couple displaying family collection of Tibetan temple bells, Arunachal, 1940's. Right:   ny51-08   Kachhari women fishing in a stream, Meghalaya, 1940's.
Bottom Row: Left:  ny51-09 Abor child left in charge of grilling the meat of a tiger killed by the villagers, Arunachal, 1940's. Center Left:  ny51-10 Angami Nagas preparing to dance, 1950's. Center Right:   ny51-11 Abor headman, Arunachal, late 1940's. Right:   ny51-12 Mikir couple doing each other's hair, Meghalaya, 1940's Images - Copyright Sunil Janah 1940-1970
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NY98 Section 5.1:   Land and People - Tribals Panel 2:   Muria youth in their ghotul (youth community house) in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, Central India, 1950's Top Row: Left:   ny51-13   Muria motiaris (girls) dancing               Center:   ny51-14   Muria cheliks (boys) playing a pyramid game in the evening

2nd Row (slanting down from left to right): Left:  ny51-15 Muria boys and girls dancing in the compound of their ghotul. Center Left:   ny51-16 Muria boys and girls dancing in front of ghotul hut. Center:   ny51-17 Three Muria motiaris. Right:   ny51-18 Muria girls and boys in front of hut. Bottom Row (single image): Left:  ny51-19   Muria boys and girls dancing through the compound of their ghotul. Images - Copyright Sunil Janah 1940-1970

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NY98 Section 5.1:   Land and People - Tribals Panel 3:   Murias, Santals, Khasis & Mishmis of Central, Eastern & Northeastern India Top Row: Left:   ny51-20   Aged Khasi woman, Shillong Bazaar, Meghalaya, N.E. India, 1940's. Right:   ny51-21   Muria belusha (headgirl) of Binjli Ghotul, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, Central India, 1950's.   Clearer image in:   (a) Illustrated Text   (b) Sample Photographs Middle Row (slanting down from left to right): Left:  ny51-22   Naga Woman working a waist-loom, Nagaland, N.E. India, early 1950's. Right:   ny51-23   Gadava sadar (village council of elders), gathered undr a tree, with children as onlookers, Orissa, E. India, early 1960's. Bottom Row (slanting down from left to right): Left:  ny51-24   Mishmi woman with a necklace of silver rupee coins, Arunachal, N.E. India, 1950's. Right:   ny51-25   Young Gadava mother with child, Orissa, E. India, early 1960's. Images - Copyright Sunil Janah 1940-1970

NY98 Section 5.1:   Land and People - Tribals Panel 4:   Todas, Bhils & Santals of Southern, Western & Eastern India Top Row: Left:  ny51-26 Toda village elders, Nilgiri Hills, Tamilnadu, S. India, 1950's. Center:   ny51-27 Oraon girl and children, Orissa (now Jharkhand?), 1950's. ? Right:   ny51-28 Santal girl carrying firewood from the forest, Santal Parganas, E. Bihar (now Jharkhand?), 1940's.

Bottom Row: Left:  ny51-29 Bhil girl welcoming her married sister on her return home, Rajasthan, N.W. India, 1957. Right:   ny51-30 Santal mother and child at the entrance through a decorated mud wall, Santal Parganas, E. Bihar (now Jharkhand?), 1940's. Images - Copyright Sunil Janah 1940-1970

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NY98 Section 5.1:   Land and People - Tribals Panel 5:   Murias, Gadavas & Saoras of Central & Eastern India Top Row: Center:   ny51-31 Saora woman, dressed for a dance, Orissa, Eastern India, early 1960's. ? Center:   ny51-32 Muria youths beating drums, inviting the village to a dance. The two drums in the foreground are wooden, skinless "pitorkas". Bastar, Chhattisgarh, Central India, 1950's. Right:   ny51-33 Saora woman, Orissa, Eastern India,early 1960's.
	Middle Row: Left:   ny51-34   Saora girl,in dancing dress, Orissa, E. India, early 1960's. Center:   ny51-35   Four Muria youths and maidens in front of their ghotul hut, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, E. India, 1950's. Right:   ny51-36   Muria girls washing hands with water from a gourd-shell water pot, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, Central India, 1950's.
Bottom Row: Left:  ny51-37 [clearer image] Muria boy standing against the mud wall of the ghotul, decorated with patterns & bas-reliefs, Bastar, Chattisgarh, Central India, 1950's. (Image flooded by flash reflecting off NY exhibition panel.) Center:  ny51-38 Two happy young Muria girlfriends, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, Central India, 1950's. Right:   ny51-39 Muria youths and maidens, seated inside their ghotul, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, Central India, 1950's. Images - Copyright Sunil Janah 1940-1970
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