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481. Photo 188/4(17)

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Photo 188/4(17)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow: making the bow string. Stripping bark from the cinnamon tree.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing Andaman Islander tearing off a long strip of bark from the 'Chaura' or cinnamon tree. The letterpress describes this shorter method of making bow strings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

482. Photo 188/4(18)

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Photo 188/4(18)
Title:
View of the South Andaman bows strung. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three bows propped against a wall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

483. Photo 188/4(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(19)
Title:
View of the South Andaman bows unstrung. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three bows, with Andaman Islander standing at left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

484. Photo 188/4(20)

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Photo 188/4(20)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow.] The lower end of unstrung bows, showing how the loose end of the string is secured to the bow. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

485. Photo 188/4(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(21)
Title:
Lower end of South Andaman bows when strung. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

486. Photo 188/4(22)

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Photo 188/4(22)
Title:
Upper end of a South Andaman bow. The string at this end is never removed from the bow. Notice that in these bows the stringing and unstringing is always done at the lower end, contrary to the custom with European bows. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

487. Photo 188/4(23)

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Photo 188/4(23)
Title:
[Making the South Andaman bow.] Method of holding the pig's tusk when smoothing or planing the wood of the bow. The tusk is sharpened by scraping the edge with a shell. The incised dog tooth ornamentation on the bow can be seen. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

488. Photo 188/4(24)

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Photo 188/4(24)
Title:
Andamanese cutting bamboos. The long ones are used as shafts for the turtle harpoon, the short shoots as arrow shafts. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andamanese Islander standing amongst a large clump of bamboos.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

489. Photo 188/4(25)

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Photo 188/4(25)
Title:
Andamanese cutting 'Ridi', a kind of crooked bamboo, thin and with short joints, which is generally used for arrow shafts. It has to have the buds, etc, cut off with the Cyrena shell and is then smoothed and straightened over the fire, and with the teeth Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

490. Photo 188/4(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(26)
Title:
[Making the South Andaman arrow]. A series of notches are cut with a Cyrena shell round the end of the arrow shaft, in order that fingers holding it may not slip. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item