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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 188

111. Photo 188/4(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

112. 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

113. 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

114. 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

115. Photo 188/4(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(32)
Title:
[Making arrows, South Andamans.] They have one end notched to prevent the fingers from slipping when holding them, and a nick is cut for the bow string at the same end. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of hand holding arrow head. Caption continues: 'The shaft is then whipped with twine just above this nick, to prevent it from splitting.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

116. Photo 188/4(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(33)
Title:
[Making arrows, South Andamans. Attaching the arrow head to the shaft.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up view of head being attached to shaft with cord whipping. The letterpress gives a detailed description of the process.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

117. Photo 188/4(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(34)
Title:
[Making arrows, South Andamans. Attaching the arrow head to the shaft.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

118. Photo 188/4(35)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/4(35)
Title:
[Making arrows, South Andamans. Attaching the arrow head to the shaft.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

119. 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

120. Photo 188/5(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/5(1)
Title:
Chókio. Bow of the North Andaman tribes. The photograph shows the lower ends of these bows when unstrung, the backs of the bows being visible. This end is shorter and blunter than the upper end. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing the ends of three bows. Caption continues: '...and it should be noticed how the string is reversed, and is brought from the front to the back of the bow, the eyelet not being turned round.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

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