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3171. Photo 188/2(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(7)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] This is taken home, and the face of it, where the blade is to be fastened is first trimmed smooth. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andaman Islander, seated on the ground, fashioning the haft of mangrove wood. The fifth stage in the manufacture of the adze haft.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3172. Photo 188/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(8)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The back is then similarly trimmed, and chopped close in the same curved line as the handle. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

3173. Photo 188/2(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(9)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The end is then cut to the right length, and smoothed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3174. Photo 188/2(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(10)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] Another view showing the method of cutting, and the way the tool is held. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Similar to plate 9.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3175. Photo 188/2(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(11)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The adze with which the work has so far been done having become blunt, is sharpened with a piece of sandstone, which the Andamanese manufacture into whetstones 'Tàlag'. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3176. Photo 188/2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(12)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The bark is now beaten off the new adze haft. It will be seen from this that the Andamanese use the reversed adze as a hammer. The haft is then trimmed to balance well in the hand. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3177. Photo 188/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(13)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A piece of iron having been chosen as a blade for the new adze, it is laid on one stone and pounded into shape with another, a long and tedious proceeding, as heat is never used by the Andamanese in working iron. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Ninth stage in the manufacture of the adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3178. Photo 188/2(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(14)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The new blade having been pounded into shape is now sharpened by rubbing on a piece of smooth hard stone. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Tenth stage in the manufacture of the adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3179. Photo 188/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(15)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The haft and blade being complete, the next thing is to connect them, and this is done with a strip of cane, the polished outside being used. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Eleventh stage in the manufacture of the adze. Caption continues: 'The photograph shows the workman stripping the softer inside away from the hard bark of the cane'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3180. Photo 188/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(16)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The blade is then placed on the haft; strips of 'Chaura' bark, and sometimes leaves also, are placed over it; and the whole is tied firmly together with the cane. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Twelfth stage in the manufacture of the adze. Caption continues: 'Observe throughout these photographs the manner in which the feet are made to assist the hands'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

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