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040-003055562 Subject Portman Collection

1. Photo 188/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. V. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405 x 35 0mm containing 28 platinum prints mounted one to a page, with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
28 items

2. Photo 188/5(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(26)
Title:
View of an Andamanese village. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view looking towards a large hut with a curved (segmental) roof, unlike the other huts described in this album. This dwelling has an upper platform on which are placed the owner's possessions, wrapped up in bundles. The open space in front of the hut is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 188/5(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(21)
Title:
[Hut making in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a temporary hut]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andamanese Islanders sorting palm leaves on the beach. Caption reads: 'In the smaller huts which are only required temporarily, (and it must be remembered that the Andamanese mode of life is so uncleanly as to make a frequent 'move on' an absolute necessity), a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 188/5(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(4)
Title:
[Rope making in the Andaman Islands.] Andamanese cutting a branch of 'Alaba-da' (Melochia velutina). A branch of the tree is cut off, as shown in the picture, and taken away. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andamanese Islander chopping down a branch with an adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 188/5(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(8)
Title:
[Rope making in the Andaman Islands.] View showing how the ball of cord is passed round. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 188/5(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(17)
Title:
[Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class. Making the thatch.] View of the backs of the workers. The finished thatch 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

7. Photo 188/5(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(18)
Title:
[Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class. Making the thatch.] Outer side of the thatch when finished. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: 'Such a piece would be sufficient for the roof of an ordinary hut, but for one of the large circular huts several such pieces would be made, and fastened independently on to the frame work.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 188/5(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(19)
Title:
[Hut building in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a 'chang-da' or hut of the second class. Making the thatch.] View of the inner side of a piece of thatch. Tassels of cane fibre can be seen tied at intervals to the cane ribs...only for ornament Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 188/5(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(25)
Title:
[Hut making in the Great Andaman Islands. Construction of a temporary hut]. Completed hut. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 188/5(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(3)
Title:
Rope making [in the Andaman Islands]. The strongest rope used by the Andamanese, (and it possesses very considerable strength), is made from strips taken of the inside of the bark of the 'Alaba-da' tree (Melochia velutina)...shown in the picture. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography General view of tree on the sea-shore. The letterpress continues with a long description of the uses to which the rope is put and various customs (such as not using it for catching turtle) associated with it.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

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