The Todas are the most unique tribe living with the Badagas, Kotas, Kurumbas and Irulas in the Nilgiri hills. The Todas are a decadent pastoral tribe tending buffaloes and living on their dairy produces. They live in half  barrel-shaped dwellings. The Toda men are tall and handsome with aquiline noses and clear-cut features while their women are plain with infantile features. The men are good at carving wood especially making walking sticks. The women embroide their garments. These are called "Putkuli". A model of the half barrel shaped dwelling of this tribe together with the heavy brass ornaments, purses and boxes decorated with cowry shells are exhibited.

    The Gadabas are agricultural tribe of  Ganjam and Vizagapatnam district. They were formerly employed as palanquin bearers and plantation labourers. Their population is about 30,000. They speak Mundari language and have dark skin colour and mongoloid features. The women have infantile features and wear picturesque dresses and ornaments. The Gadaba women's dress consist of narrow fringed loin cloth and similar upper cloth both woven out of bark fibre yarn dyed in bands of red, blue and white. Their ornaments consist of large coils of brass wire for earrings, numerous strings of coloured glass beads, bangles, bracelets, anklets, finger and toe rings, besides necklaces of shell cowries, metal and glass beads and bead head bands.