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3231. Photo 188/4(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(12)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow: making the bow string.] Scraping the bark off. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up view showing use of Cyrena shell to remove bark. Additional letterpress description gives a detailed account of the procedure.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3232. Photo 188/4(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(13)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow: making the bow string.] Cutting the shoots into pieces, at the joints. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3233. Photo 188/4(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(14)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow: making the bow string. Rolling the fibre into twine.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Seated Andaman Islander at work. Caption reads in full: 'The fibre is dried in the sun, and when ready for spinning a bundle is taken, and placed between the first and second toes of the left foot of the worker. Two pieces of different lengths are held together...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3234. Photo 188/4(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(15)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow: making the bow string.] Two of these pieces of twine are then twisted together thus, and the cord made is used, after being waxed, for a variety of purposes besides bow strings, such as nets, etc. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3235. Photo 188/4(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(16)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow: making the bow string.] Four or five pieces of the twisted twine, and pieces of the loose fibre are then twisted together, held between the first and second toes of the worker, who sits in this position. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3236. Photo 188/4(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(17)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow: making the bow string. Stripping bark from the cinnamon tree.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing Andaman Islander tearing off a long strip of bark from the 'Chaura' or cinnamon tree. The letterpress describes this shorter method of making bow strings.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3237. Photo 188/4(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(18)
Title:
View of the South Andaman bows strung. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three bows propped against a wall.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3238. Photo 188/4(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(19)
Title:
View of the South Andaman bows unstrung. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Three bows, with Andaman Islander standing at left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3239. Photo 188/4(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(20)
Title:
[The South Andaman bow.] The lower end of unstrung bows, showing how the loose end of the string is secured to the bow. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3240. Photo 188/4(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(21)
Title:
Lower end of South Andaman bows when strung. 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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