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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 252 Level [40] File

111. Photo 252(111)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(111)
Title:
Group at Naucowry. L to R. Chinese trader, Nicobarese (wild tribe), ditto (educater), ditto women and kids. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
5 grown ups and two children standing in a line in front of the camera. The group show a variety of clothing and ornaments. Behind the group there is a tiled roofed hut and trees.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

112. Photo 252(112)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(112)
Title:
[Group of adults and children standing facing the camera.] Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
This print is the same as Photo 252(111).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

113. Photo 252(113)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(113)
Title:
A village at Naucowry Nicobars on the sea shore. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
View of thatched huts on stilts on the sea shore with jungle vegetation surrounding the beach.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

114. Photo 252(114)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(114)
Title:
A curious sandstone rock at Nicobars. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
View of shoreline, with large rock with almost flat top being washed by the waves. Trees can be seen in the distance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

115. Photo 252(115)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(115)
Title:
Nicobarese village. Note beehive huts and scrupulously clean ground. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
View towards palm trees with domed thatched huts visible on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

116. Photo 252(116)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(116)
Title:
A Nicobanese village on the sea shore. Notice dense tropical vegetation & the ‘scare-devil’ on a pole in front of the house, to keep evil spirits away. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
View from shore looking inland towards the palm trees. One hut can be seen on the shore line, thatched and on stilts, with the ‘scare-devil’ in front.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

117. Photo 252(117)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(117)
Title:
Scare-devils. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Photo of wooden figures of varying sizes and appearance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

118. Photo 252(118)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(118)
Title:
[Group of men sitting next to a decorated post, wearing white headdresses, which stick out on either side of their heads in strips]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

119. Photo 252(119)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(119)
Title:
[Three men standing side on to the camera]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
The men are standing next to a hut and are wearing a type of skirt and the middle male has a lot of ornaments on his chest and legs
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

120. Photo 252(120)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(120)
Title:
[Man wrestling what appears to be a pig or boar, with two men standing watching and in the background more people can be seen to be watching on a decorated platform]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
This photo could be of Ke Nang Haun, a form of pig wrestling which is popular on the Nicobar Islands and is often part of festivals and ceremonies.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item