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122. Photo 188/5(9)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(9)
- Title:
- Making a turtle harpoon [Andaman Islands]. A circular piece of rod iron a quarter of an inch in diameter and nine inches long is worked to a sharp point at one end, and twine is wound, with wax, round the other end until a knob is formed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item
123. Photo 188/5(10)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(10)
- Title:
- [Making a turtle harpoon, Andaman Islands]. View of Andaman bamboo jungle from which the shafts of turtle harpoons are cut. They are smoothed with a shell knife, straightened by hand and heat, and stood up to dry, in a manner similar to...the pig arrows. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view of bamboo thicket.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item
124. Photo 188/5(11)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(11)
- Title:
- Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. [Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing four Andamanese posed beside the four upright members of the hut whose construction is illustrated in prints 11-20. The series is accompanied by a long descriptive letterpress in which Portman distinguishes three principal types of dwelling erected by t...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item
125. Photo 188/5(12)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(12)
- Title:
- [Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class.] The front stakes are then connected by a stout cross-piece securely tied on with cane. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item
126. Photo 188/5(13)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(13)
- Title:
- [Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class.] The front and back of the hut are then connected by two stout sticks, parallel, projecting a foot in front of the hut and about 18 inches behind. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing main structural members of the hut in position. The photograph is a double exposure, with ghost images of Andamanese in position fixing these members in place.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item
127. Photo 188/5(14)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(14)
- Title:
- [Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class.] The leaves for thatching are in the meanwhile collected, generally by women. Cane leaf is mostly used, the view showing a single leaf. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andaman Islander posed holding a palm frond.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item
128. Photo 188/5(15)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(15)
- Title:
- [Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class.] The leaf as gathered is however of no use, so it is split in two down the middle... Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: '...by a shell knife, and three or four of the halves are doubled together and tied at intervals by their fronds.' Similarly posed to print 14.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item
129. Photo 188/5(16)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(16)
- Title:
- [Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class.] Making the thatch. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography Line of Andaman Islanders at work. Caption continues: 'Several strips of stout cane about sixteen feet long are taken, and laid on the ground, parallel, and about a foot or eighteen inches apart. The men sit together and work in a line. The tied bundles of leav...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item
130. Photo 188/5(17)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/5(17)
- Title:
- [Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class. Making the thatch.] View of the backs of the workers. The finished thatch can be seen. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item