Andamanese woman sitting in the usual position in a hut. The back generally leans against a log or some such support. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Meeting. When Andamanese meet after a long separation (long to them may mean a few weeks), they cry, this custom applying to both sexes. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andamanese man and woman embracing, the man seated on the woman's thighs. The procedure is described in the letterpress: 'For about half an hour, and sometimes till the dusk after they actually meet, they sit about apart, take no notice of each other, and do no...
[Parting.] When parting, there is no crying, but the two parties take each other's right hands, and, in turn, each blows on the hand of the other. They can give no reason for this, except that of custom. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two Anamanese men holding each other's right hand.
To make a torch 'Tóg-pátnga-da', the resin is pounded between two stones, and then thickly strewn between bundles of dried leaves. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Pile of torches formed from bundles of leaves. Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Portman Collection
A third resin, used as a torch is 'Lápi-da', a bundle of which is shown...The shape of the bundle [somewhat like a handbad with a long handle] should be noted. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: ''Lápi-da' is really the decayed wood of the dipterocarpus loevis impregnated with resinous oil, and lumps of this decayed wood are used as torches for dances, being dotted about on the ground.' Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic ...
These dried leaves are then bound up thus, very tightly, with 'Yóto', a thin tough creeper. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Side view of an Andamanese man tying up a bundle of leaves. Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Portman Collection
Two torches 'Tók-pátnga-da'. The larger one is bound with 'Yóto', and the smaller with 'Alaba' fibre. The upper ends have been burnt. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal