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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 252 Material Type Photographs

121. 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

122. Photo 252(121)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(121)
Title:
[Large group of men watching one man push an animal, perhaps a pig or boar to the ground]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
In the background, men can be seen to be wearing white headdresses which are wrapped around their foreheads and then the stiffened ends are allowed to stick up from their foreheads. Thatched huts on stilts can also be seen in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

123. Photo 252(122)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(122)
Title:
A Nicobanese canoe. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Canoe with a sail and 5 passengers on the sea with land in the far distance.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

124. Photo 252(123)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(123)
Title:
[Canoe/boat with two sails unfurled at sea, with land in distance]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

125. Photo 252(124)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(124)
Title:
Canoe used by Nicobanese – with outrigger. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
View of canoe from one end, showing the passengers using oars and the outrigger on the other side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

126. Photo 252(125)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(125)
Title:
[View of canoe with outrigger, taken from above]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

127. Photo 252(126)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(126)
Title:
[Canoe with two people on, with outrigger to balance the canoe. Land can be seen in the far distance]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

128. Photo 252(127)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(127)
Title:
Nicobanese at one of the islands. Notice white surf and beach as contrast to figures. Notice tweed cap on right. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Group standing on a beach with the sea behind them.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

129. Photo 252(128)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(128)
Title:
Three Nicobarese. The middle one has been just arrested for murder! (aged 60) Notice English clothes & hat. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Three men standing in a row facing the camera with the sea behind them.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item

130. Photo 252(129)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 252(129)
Title:
[Three men standing in a row facing the camera with the sea behind them.] Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
This print is the same as Photo 252(129).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1920s
Extent:
1 item