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1711. Photo 188/2(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(6)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] With a few downward blows the piece suitable for the haft of the new adze is now split off. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing the mangrove tree seen in print 3, with an Andaman Islander breaking of the selected branch. The fourth stage in the manufacture of the adze haft.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

1712. Photo 188/2(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(7)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] This is taken home, and the face of it, where the blade is to be fastened is first trimmed smooth. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andaman Islander, seated on the ground, fashioning the haft of mangrove wood. The fifth stage in the manufacture of the adze haft.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

1713. Photo 188/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(8)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The back is then similarly trimmed, and chopped close in the same curved line as the handle. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1714. Photo 188/2(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(9)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The end is then cut to the right length, and smoothed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

1715. Photo 188/2(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(10)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] Another view showing the method of cutting, and the way the tool is held. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to plate 9.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

1716. Photo 188/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(11)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The adze with which the work has so far been done having become blunt, is sharpened with a piece of sandstone, which the Andamanese manufacture into whetstones 'Tàlag'. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

1717. Photo 188/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(12)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The bark is now beaten off the new adze haft. It will be seen from this that the Andamanese use the reversed adze as a hammer. The haft is then trimmed to balance well in the hand. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

1718. Photo 188/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(13)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A piece of iron having been chosen as a blade for the new adze, it is laid on one stone and pounded into shape with another, a long and tedious proceeding, as heat is never used by the Andamanese in working iron. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Ninth stage in the manufacture of the adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

1719. Photo 188/2(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(14)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The new blade having been pounded into shape is now sharpened by rubbing on a piece of smooth hard stone. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Tenth stage in the manufacture of the adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

1720. Photo 188/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(15)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The haft and blade being complete, the next thing is to connect them, and this is done with a strip of cane, the polished outside being used. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Eleventh stage in the manufacture of the adze. Caption continues: 'The photograph shows the workman stripping the softer inside away from the hard bark of the cane'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

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