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551. Photo 188/6(22)

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Photo 188/6(22)
Title:
Meeting. When Andamanese meet after a long separation (long to them may mean a few weeks), they cry, this custom applying to both sexes. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andamanese man and woman embracing, the man seated on the woman's thighs. The procedure is described in the letterpress: 'For about half an hour, and sometimes till the dusk after they actually meet, they sit about apart, take no notice of each other, and do no...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

552. Photo 188/6(23)

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Photo 188/6(23)
Title:
[Parting.] When parting, there is no crying, but the two parties take each other's right hands, and, in turn, each blows on the hand of the other. They can give no reason for this, except that of custom. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two Anamanese men holding each other's right hand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

553. Photo 188/6(24)

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Photo 188/6(24)
Title:
Torch making. [Block of 'Tóg-da' resin used for burning.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

554. Photo 188/6(25)

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Photo 188/6(25)
Title:
['Rim-da' resin, used to make 'Kangata-buj-da'.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

555. Photo 188/6(26)

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Photo 188/6(26)
Title:
To make a torch 'Tóg-pátnga-da', the resin is pounded between two stones, and then thickly strewn between bundles of dried leaves. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Pile of torches formed from bundles of leaves. Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Portman Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

556. Photo 188/6(27)

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Photo 188/6(27)
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A third resin, used as a torch is 'Lápi-da', a bundle of which is shown...The shape of the bundle [somewhat like a handbad with a long handle] should be noted. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: ''Lápi-da' is really the decayed wood of the dipterocarpus loevis impregnated with resinous oil, and lumps of this decayed wood are used as torches for dances, being dotted about on the ground.' Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

557. Photo 188/6(28)

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Photo 188/6(28)
Title:
These dried leaves are then bound up thus, very tightly, with 'Yóto', a thin tough creeper. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Side view of an Andamanese man tying up a bundle of leaves. Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Portman Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

558. Photo 188/6(29)

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Photo 188/6(29)
Title:
Two torches 'Tók-pátnga-da'. The larger one is bound with 'Yóto', and the smaller with 'Alaba' fibre. The upper ends have been burnt. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Portman Collection
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

559. Photo 188/6(30)

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Photo 188/6(30)
Title:
Tattooing. Tattooing, or more properly, scarifying, is done in the South Andaman with thin flakes of quartz, so chipped as to have a sharp edge. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two seated figures, with woman working on the forearm of a man. The accompanying letterpress gives a more detailed account of the procedure. Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); body decoration; ethnic groups; Portman Collection; rites and customs; scarifica...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

560. Photo 188/6(31)

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Photo 188/6(31)
Title:
Showing the tattooed [scarified] patterns on the stomach of a South Andaman man. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of torso, front view. Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); body decoration; ethnic groups; Portman Collection; rites and customs; scarification
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item