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Subject South Asian Ethnic Groups Level [40] File

51. Photo 188/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. IV. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405 x 340 mm, containing 35 platinum prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
35 items

52. Photo 188/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. V. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405 x 35 0mm containing 28 platinum prints mounted one to a page, with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
28 items

53. Photo 188/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/6
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. VI. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405 x 357 mm containing 32 paltinum prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
32 items

54. Photo 188/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. VII. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405x350mm containing prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
34 items

55. Photo 188/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/8
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. VIII. [Anthropometric data.]
Scope & Content:
Small folio volume (foolscap size) containing anthropometric measurements and other physical data (including outline tracings of hands and feet) of 50 Andamanese males. The measurements were carried out by Portman and Surgeon-Major William Molesworth IMS between May and August 1893. A number of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1893-Aug 1893
Extent:
Unspecified

56. Photo 188/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/9
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. IX. [Anthropometric data.]
Scope & Content:
Companion volume to Photo 188/8 (qv), in same format but containing details of 50 female subjects measured between June and November 1893. A few of the subjects are photographed in Photo 188/11. A collection of ethnographical data and anthropometrical measurements, entered on pre-printed forms,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1893-Nov 1893
Extent:
Unspecified

57. Photo 188/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/10
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. X. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405x357mm containing prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed. The album contains a series of anthropometric studies of male Andaman Islanders, posed naked ful...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
25 items

58. Photo 188/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/11
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. XI. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405x355mm containing prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed. This volume continues the series of anthropometric studies started in Photo 188/10. Prints 1-5 s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
25 items

59. Photo 188/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/12
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vols. XII-XIII. [Anthropometric data.]
Scope & Content:
Two volumes bound in one. Small folio (foolscap) volume of anthropometric measurements and other data in the same format as Photo 188/8 and 188/9 (qv), but containing details of 50 males (vol XII) and 50 females (vol XIII) of the North Andaman group of tribes. A collection of ethnographical dat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1894-Aug 1894
Extent:
Unspecified

60. Photo 188/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/13
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vols. XII-XIII. [Anthropometric data.]
Scope & Content:
Bound in with Photo 188/12 (qv). A collection of ethnographical data and anthropometrical measurements, entered on pre-printed forms, relating to subjects photographed in Photo 188. The information includes tracings of hands among other measurements, with name and age of subjects identified. The...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1894-Aug 1894
Extent:
Unspecified