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451. Photo 188/3(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(15)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The upper end is then similarly hewn to shape. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Ninth stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

452. Photo 188/3(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(16)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The centre is then roughly cut out. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Tenth stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

453. Photo 188/3(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(17)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The bow is then laid flat on the ground, and the back of it trimmed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Eleventh stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

454. Photo 188/3(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(18)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The rough cuts on the back are then trimmed smooth. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Twelfth stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

455. Photo 188/3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(19)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The bow is then thinned and brought to shape by fine cuts with the adze. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Thirteenth stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

456. Photo 188/3(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(20)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The bow is then scraped smooth with the Cyrena shell, as shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Fourteenth stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

457. Photo 188/3(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(21)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] It is planed with the pig's tusk 'pilichada', until it is perfectly smooth, but is seldom waxed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'These bows attain a high polish, and are kept quite plain, having no ornamental carving on them. Twine is then bound round the bow about five inches from the upper end which tapers to a long fine point, and about one inch from the lower end ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

458. Photo 188/3(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(22)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Stringing the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A dark print. Caption reads in part: 'The 'Chokio' differs, I beleive, from every other bow in the world in the peculiarity of its stringing. When once a new bow string is put on, it is not taken off again until it is either too slack for work, or breaks. It is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

459. Photo 188/3(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(23)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Stringing the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption reads in full: 'The bow is now considered to be unstrung, and in order to string it, the attitude in the picture is assumed, and with the right hand the string is pulled on to the inside of the bow thus reversing the curve of it.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

460. Photo 188/3(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(24)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] This picture shows how the bow is held when used. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Bow and arms of firer blurred through movement during the exposure.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item