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41. Photo 188/2(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(3)
Title:
Adze making [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing an Andaman Islander standing beside a mangrove tree, part of which (marked in red on print) has been selected for making the shaft of the adze. A lengthy letterpress caption describes the making of the tool.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 188/2(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(4)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The superfluous part of the branch is now lopped off, and a cut is made in the tree to the proper depth, below, and close to it. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 188/2(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(5)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A similar cut is then made, above, and at some little distance from the handle. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 188/2(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(6)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] With a few downward blows the piece suitable for the haft of the new adze is now split off. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing the mangrove tree seen in print 3, with an Andaman Islander breaking of the selected branch. The fourth stage in the manufacture of the adze haft.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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

50. 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

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