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161. Photo 188/2(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(25)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Smoothing the shaped bow with a sharpened pig's tusk.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated Andaman Islander at work. The long letterpress caption describes the working method, the dog tooth patterns later applied with a Cyrena shell and the occasionally used method of soaking the wood to make it more easily workable: 'Being made of green wood ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

162. Photo 188/3(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(6)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The tree is then cut close to the ground, as shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Second stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

163. Photo 188/3(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(7)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The workman goes round the tree from left to right, cutting as shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Continuation from preceding print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

164. Photo 188/3(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(13)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The face of the bow is trimmed, the rough cuts being smoothed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seventh stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

165. Photo 188/3(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(14)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The lower end of the bow is then roughly hewn to shape. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Eighth stage in the manufacture of the bow.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

166. 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

167. 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

168. 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

169. 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

170. 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

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