1. Photo 188/7(4)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/7(4)
- Title:
- The arm of a man of the North Andaman group of tribes, showing parallel lines of tattooing [scarification] encircling the arm. These marks are cut with the blade of a pig arrow. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of arm. Caption continues: 'Before iron was easily procurable by the Andamanese, the blades of these arrows were made of a red stone, also of a tertiary sandstone (a form of jasper), found in these islands. This remark only applies to the North Andaman...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item