[Hut making in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a temporary hut]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andamanese Islanders sorting palm leaves on the beach. Caption reads: 'In the smaller huts which are only required temporarily, (and it must be remembered that the Andamanese mode of life is so uncleanly as to make a frequent 'move on' an absolute necessity), a...
[Anthropometric photographs of Andaman Islanders.] Bie. Man of the Kol tribe. Ariauto. Age about 38 years. No. 25 of the male series of measurements. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length study, posed naked in front of a checked screen of two inch squares (to indicate scale). The left hand is extended horizontally and rests on a stand.
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The back is then similarly trimmed, and chopped close in the same curved line as the handle. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal