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221. Photo 188/6(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/6(31)
Title:
Showing the tattooed [scarified] patterns on the stomach of a South Andaman man. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of torso, front view. Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); body decoration; ethnic groups; Portman Collection; rites and customs; scarification
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

222. Photo 188/6(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/6(32)
Title:
Showing the patterns on his back. Beyond the rule, that in all the Southern tribes the tattooing [scarification] is done in patterns with small incisions, the style of pattern, and the place, is a matter of taste. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); body decoration; ethnic groups; Portman Collection; rites and customs; scarification
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

223. Photo 188/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. VII. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405x350mm containing prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
34 items

224. Photo 188/7(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(1)
Title:
The chest and stomach of a man of the South Andaman group of tribes, showing the pattern of tattooing, or scarifying, common to this group. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography close-up of torso.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

225. Photo 188/7(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(2)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] back of the same subject [as print 1]. The whole body is thus tattooed, but the face, the gentials, the palms of the hands, and the ears are not tattooed. The fingers and feet are tattooed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of torso.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

226. Photo 188/7(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(3)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] leg of a man of the South Andaman group of tribes. The women of this group are tattooed as much as, and in a similar manner to the men. These markings have all been cut with a flake of quartz. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography close-up of leg.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

227. Photo 188/7(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(4)
Title:
The arm of a man of the North Andaman group of tribes, showing parallel lines of tattooing [scarification] encircling the arm. These marks are cut with the blade of a pig arrow. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of arm. Caption continues: 'Before iron was easily procurable by the Andamanese, the blades of these arrows were made of a red stone, also of a tertiary sandstone (a form of jasper), found in these islands. This remark only applies to the North Andaman...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

228. Photo 188/7(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(5)
Title:
[Scarification ceremony, North Andaman group.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Scene shows a youth held down over the knees of an elder man squatting on the ground, while another man incises patterned cuts down his back. A group of women arranged in a semi-circle behind stand with their hands held palms together in front of them. The acco...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

229. Photo 188/7(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(6)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] backs of men of the Tá-Kéda tribe [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up view of scarification patterns.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

230. Photo 188/7(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(7)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] backs of men of the Tá-Kéda tribe [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 6, but including head and shoulders in photograph.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item