Vintage 19th century photograph: print captioned Kola Dancers. At one time, the name "Kol" was used to identify a group of primitive aboriginal tribes thought to be descended from Negrito and Australoid peoples who had entered India in prehistoric times. These tribes are concentrated in central India and the northeastern regions of the Deccan plateau. They speak related languages described as "Kolarian," which are known today as the Munda languages. The tribes include the Santal, Munda, and Ho. But in modern usage, the term "Kol" is used in a more restricted sense to identify a specific tribe
All images are taken from high resolution scans of original prints. The majority of our images are mid to late 19th century. Any specified date is provided purely as a guide to facilitate searches.
Size: 4000px × 2906px
Photo credit: © Pump Park Vintage Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 19th, aboriginal, adult, australoid, captioned, central, century, concentrated, culture, dancers, deccan, descended, early, entered, ethnic, ethnicity, ethnographic, group, heritage, historical, history, ho, identify, include, india, indigenous, kol, kola, kolarian, languages, man, modern, munda, native, negrito, northeastern, people, peoples, photo, photograph, plateau, portrait, prehistoric, primitive, print, race, recreation, regions, related, restricted, santal, sense, speak, speaking, specific, term, thought, time, times, today, traditional, travel, tribal, tribe, tribes, uniform, usage, vintage, wear
