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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 188/7

1. Photo 188/7(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(1)
Title:
The chest and stomach of a man of the South Andaman group of tribes, showing the pattern of tattooing, or scarifying, common to this group. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography close-up of torso.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 188/7(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(2)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] back of the same subject [as print 1]. The whole body is thus tattooed, but the face, the gentials, the palms of the hands, and the ears are not tattooed. The fingers and feet are tattooed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of torso.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 188/7(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(3)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] leg of a man of the South Andaman group of tribes. The women of this group are tattooed as much as, and in a similar manner to the men. These markings have all been cut with a flake of quartz. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography close-up of leg.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 188/7(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(4)
Title:
The arm of a man of the North Andaman group of tribes, showing parallel lines of tattooing [scarification] encircling the arm. These marks are cut with the blade of a pig arrow. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of arm. Caption continues: 'Before iron was easily procurable by the Andamanese, the blades of these arrows were made of a red stone, also of a tertiary sandstone (a form of jasper), found in these islands. This remark only applies to the North Andaman...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

5. 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

6. 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

7. Photo 188/7(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(7)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] backs of men of the Tá-Kéda tribe [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to print 6, but including head and shoulders in photograph.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 188/7(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/7(8)
Title:
The tattooed [scarified] chest of a man of the Tá-Kéda tribe [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography close-up view of torso.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

9. 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

10. 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

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