View of an Andamanese village. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view looking towards a large hut with a curved (segmental) roof, unlike the other huts described in this album. This dwelling has an upper platform on which are placed the owner's possessions, wrapped up in bundles. The open space in front of the hut is...
[View of an Andamanese village.] Another view of the same village at the opposite end. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'On the right are, a large pole formerly the centre post of one of the big circular huts, the framework of some small unfinished huts, and some Andamanese with their baskets and buckets.'
[View of an Andamanese village.] Back view of a village, from the sea shore. It will be noticed that the huts all face inwards, and only the backs are visible. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. VI. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405 x 357 mm containing 32 paltinum 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.
View of an Andamanese village under a grove of cocoanut palms. The general appearance and height of the huts is shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view, with sea in background.
A man drinking from a bamboo 'Gób-da'. The Andamanese generally store their drinking water in bamboos about eight feet long, having all the joints but the end one knock through with another smaller bamboo. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Squatting figure drinking from long bamboo storage container.
Andamanese eating pig. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders profile view of a man, his face decorated with a curving line of diamond patterns, eating pig. Caption continues: 'When eating flesh, a large piece is cut off the joint, and pushed by the eater into his mouth. He then cuts off with a tortoise...
Andamanese drinking from a nautilus shell. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders profile view of a man in the act of drinking. Caption continues (in part): 'These shells are fairly common on the shores of the Andaman Islands. They are treasured by the Andamanese, who ornament them in patterns with red ochre 'Koiob-da'...I...