1801. Photo 188/5(5)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(5)
- Title:
- [Rope making in the Andaman Islands.] The workman then holds the log in this position, and raises the bark at one end, by inserting the Cyrena shell, which is then held in his mouth while he tears off the strips of bark with his hands. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andaman Islander seated on beach, occupied as described. The letterpress goes on to describe the further preparation of the bark: crushing, separating and drying.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item