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1. Photo 188/7(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(5)
Title:
[Scarification ceremony, North Andaman group.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Scene shows a youth held down over the knees of an elder man squatting on the ground, while another man incises patterned cuts down his back. A group of women arranged in a semi-circle behind stand with their hands held palms together in front of them. The acco...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 188/7(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(9)
Title:
[Body painting in the Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man and woman seated on the ground, the woman painting the stomach of the man with a zigzag pattern. Accompanying letterpress reads (in part): 'Tála-óg is used for the fine patterns; and this earth, which is rare, is kept in large Pinna shells, mixed with a li...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 188/7(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(15)
Title:
Andamanese man in mourning for a near relation. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 188/7(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(17)
Title:
[Andamanese man being bled by a woman.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Woman making small cuts with a piece of quartz or glass to the forehead of a man to relieve pain or fever. Both figures seated.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 188/7(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(19)
Title:
The man in the illustration is suffering from toothache [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 188/7(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(18)
Title:
A man suffering from rheumatism in his left arm [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 188/7(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(21)
Title:
Back view of the same man [seen in print 20]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 188/7(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(30)
Title:
A group of [Andamanese] men painted with óg and Tála-óg. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 188/7(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(10)
Title:
[Body painting in the Andaman Islands.] The head of an Andamanese man being painted with Tála-óg. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 188/7(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(6)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] backs of men of the Tá-Kéda tribe [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up view of scarification patterns.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

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