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The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2

Volume 2 — Illustrations in Volume II

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31. Aghori mendicant 14

32. Ahīrs decorated with cowries for the Stick Dance at Diwāli 18

33. Image of Krishna as Murlidhar or the flute-player, with attendant deities 28

34. Ahīr dancers in Diwāli costume 32

35. Pinjāra cleaning cotton 72

36. Baiga village, Bālāghāt District 88

37. Hindu mendicants with sect-marks 94

38. Anchorite sitting on iron nails 98

39. Pilgrims carrying water of the river Nerbudda 100

40. Coloured Plate: Examples of Tilaks or sect-marks worn on the forehead 102

41. Group of Mārwāri Bania women 112

42. Image of the god Ganpati carried in procession 116

43. The elephant-headed god Ganpati. His conveyance is a rat, which can be seen as a little blob between his feet 120

44. Mud images made and worshipped at the Holi festival 126

45. Bania’s shop 128

46. Banjāra women with the singh or horn 184

47. Group of Banjāra women 188

48. Basors making baskets of bamboo 210

49. Bhāt with his putla or doll 256

50. Group of Bhīls 278

51. Tantia Bhīl, a famous dacoit 282

52. Group of Bohras at Burhānpur (Nimār) 346

53. Brāhman worshipping his household gods 380

54. Brāhman bathing party 384

55. Brāhman Pujāris or priests 390

56. Group of Marātha Brāhman men 392

57. Group of Nāramdeo Brāhman women 396

58. Group of Nāramdeo Brāhman men 398

59. Chamārs tanning and working in leather 416

60. Chamārs cutting leather and making shoes 418

61. Chhīpa or calico-printer at work 430

62. Dhīmar or fisherman’s hut 502

63. Fishermen in dug-outs or hollowed tree trunks 506

64. Group of Gurujwāle Fakīrs 538

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