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461. Photo 188/3(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(25)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Unstringing the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption reads in full: 'To unstring the bow, the process of stringing is reversed and the string is now pulled over to the back of the bow, the tension of the curve on this side being less than that on the other, owing to the peculiar straightness of the lower ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

462. Photo 188/3(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(26)
Title:
This photograph shows the 'Chokio' [North Andaman bows] when strung. The peculiar S curve similar to that of the South Andaman bow should be noticed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'Also, the upper end of the bow can always be detected, because that end is always of a longer and more tapering form than the lower end.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

463. Photo 188/3(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(27)
Title:
The view shows the 'Chokio' [North Andaman bow] unstrung, the back of the bow being visible. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three bows propped up against a wall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

464. Photo 188/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. IV. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405 x 340 mm, containing 35 platinum 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:
1890-1893
Extent:
35 items

465. Photo 188/4(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(1)
Title:
[Shooting with the South Andaman bow. Karam-da.] The bow is then reversed for use, and this view shows a man in the act of shooting with it. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography This photograph and the following prints are a continuation from Photo 188/2 (21-25), which illustrates the making of the South Andaman bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

466. Photo 188/4(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(2)
Title:
[Shooting with the South Andaman bow. Karam-da.] Different ways in which the hands are held in the delivery of the arrow. One method. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

467. Photo 188/4(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(3)
Title:
[Shooting with the South Andaman bow. Karam-da.] Delivery of arrow. Another method. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

468. Photo 188/4(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(4)
Title:
[Shooting with the South Andaman bow. Karam-da.] Delivery of arrow. Another method. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

469. Photo 188/4(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(5)
Title:
[Shooting with the South Andaman bow. Karam-da.] Delivery of arrow. Another method. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

470. Photo 188/4(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(6)
Title:
[Shooting with the South Andaman bow. Karam-da.] Delivery of arrow. Another method. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item