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3241. Photo 188/4(22)

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Photo 188/4(22)
Title:
Upper end of a South Andaman bow. The string at this end is never removed from the bow. Notice that in these bows the stringing and unstringing is always done at the lower end, contrary to the custom with European bows. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3242. Photo 188/4(23)

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Photo 188/4(23)
Title:
[Making the South Andaman bow.] Method of holding the pig's tusk when smoothing or planing the wood of the bow. The tusk is sharpened by scraping the edge with a shell. The incised dog tooth ornamentation on the bow can be seen. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3243. Photo 188/4(24)

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Photo 188/4(24)
Title:
Andamanese cutting bamboos. The long ones are used as shafts for the turtle harpoon, the short shoots as arrow shafts. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andamanese Islander standing amongst a large clump of bamboos.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3244. Photo 188/4(25)

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Photo 188/4(25)
Title:
Andamanese cutting 'Ridi', a kind of crooked bamboo, thin and with short joints, which is generally used for arrow shafts. It has to have the buds, etc, cut off with the Cyrena shell and is then smoothed and straightened over the fire, and with the teeth Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3245. Photo 188/4(26)

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Photo 188/4(26)
Title:
[Making the South Andaman arrow]. A series of notches are cut with a Cyrena shell round the end of the arrow shaft, in order that fingers holding it may not slip. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3246. Photo 188/4(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(27)
Title:
[Making the South Andaman arrow]. The nick in which the bow string goes is then cut at the same end as the shaft. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3247. Photo 188/4(28)

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Photo 188/4(28)
Title:
The Pig Arrow or 'Éla-da'. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andaman Islander carrying a bundle of branches for making arrows. The caption continues: 'The pig arrow is a more complicated and important weapon. Thin suckers, or branches, are cut from certain trees, and it is necessary that they should be fairly straight wi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3248. Photo 188/4(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(29)
Title:
[Making arrows, South Andamans.] The shaft is then held as shown in this illustration, and the bark scraped off with a Cyrena shell. The shell is held with the inside nearest the wood, and is pulled towards the operator. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3249. Photo 188/4(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(30)
Title:
[Making arrows, South Andamans.] When the bark is off, the arrow shaft is roughly straightened between the teeth, thus. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3250. Photo 188/4(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(31)
Title:
[Making arrows, South Andamans.] The shafts are then heated over a small fire, and straightened by hand. The straightness is judged by the eye, as in the picture, and when satisfactory the shafts are stood up round the fire as shown, to dry slowly. 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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