[River scene, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Landscape Photography Unidentified river running through jungle, with a dugout canoe and Andaman Islanders in the foreground. Photograph probably by M.V. Portman. Subjects = jungle scenery; river scenes; Temple Collection; unidentified
Huts & natives at Little Andaman [with M.V. Portman]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of Andaman Islanders, posed in front of a thatched hut, with Maurice Vidal Portman standing in the centre. Portman (1860-1935) served in the Andamans from 1879-99, first as officer in charge of Andaman Homes, then as a superintendent. He was the ...
[River scene, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; local craft; river scenes; Temple Collection; transport; unidentified; water transport
[Coast scene, Batti Malv, Nicobar Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Landscape Photography View along a stretch of coast on Batti Malv, a small island in the Nicobar group south of Car Nicobar, with two whale boats rowing out of the bay in the middleground. This photograph is a platinum print; for a duplicate, printed as an albumen print, see print 32. P...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of men and children of Car Nicobar, the most northerly of the Nicobar Islands. The central figure wears European clothes and several others in the group wear bowler hats. Subjects = acculturation; ethnic groups; Nicobarese (ethnic group); Templ...