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191. Photo 188/7(14)

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Photo 188/7(14)
Title:
[Body painting in the Andaman Islands. Painting the head of a widower with óg.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a man having his forehead painted with white mud by a woman. The caption reads: 'On the death of a wife or near relative, the shaven forehead of an Andamanese man is plastered with a thick cake of white mud, 'óg'. He is then said to be 'áka-óg', and doe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

192. Photo 188/7(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(22)
Title:
Showing a man with the unusual adornment of a very small beard and moustache [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders full-face portrait.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

193. Photo 188/7(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(23)
Title:
An Andamanese cannot really count beyond two. After that number his statement becomes indefinite, as 'a few', 'several', 'many', 'very many'. For one he would stroke his nose with his forefinger, as shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders portrait.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

194. Photo 188/7(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(24)
Title:
For two he [an Andaman Islander] would strike his nose with his second finger as shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders portrait.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

195. Photo 188/7(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(27)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] chest and stomach of a man of the North Andaman group of tribes. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of torso showing complex web of small raised scars.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

196. Photo 188/7(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(29)
Title:
Andamanese painted, one with grey mud, (óg), which at a distance gives him the appearance of being clothed; and one painted in pattern with white earth (Tala-og). Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two naked Andamanese men showing body painting.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

197. Photo 188/7(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(31)
Title:
A group of [Andamanese] women painted with óg. The three markings across the breats are very common. There are no superstitions attached to this painting, which is done for pleasure, coolness, ornament, and to keep off vermin. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of five women with bodies painted in varioius designs. Most figures slightly blurred through movement.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

198. Photo 188/7(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(8)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] chest of a man of the Tá-Kéda tribe [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography close-up view of torso.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

199. Photo 188/2(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(5)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A similar cut is then made, above, and at some little distance from the handle. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

200. Photo 188/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(11)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The adze with which the work has so far been done having become blunt, is sharpened with a piece of sandstone, which the Andamanese manufacture into whetstones 'Tàlag'. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

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