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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 188

41. Photo 188/2(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(13)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A piece of iron having been chosen as a blade for the new adze, it is laid on one stone and pounded into shape with another, a long and tedious proceeding, as heat is never used by the Andamanese in working iron. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Ninth stage in the manufacture of the adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 188/2(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(14)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The new blade having been pounded into shape is now sharpened by rubbing on a piece of smooth hard stone. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Tenth stage in the manufacture of the adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 188/2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(15)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The haft and blade being complete, the next thing is to connect them, and this is done with a strip of cane, the polished outside being used. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Eleventh stage in the manufacture of the adze. Caption continues: 'The photograph shows the workman stripping the softer inside away from the hard bark of the cane'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 188/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(16)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The blade is then placed on the haft; strips of 'Chaura' bark, and sometimes leaves also, are placed over it; and the whole is tied firmly together with the cane. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Twelfth stage in the manufacture of the adze. Caption continues: 'Observe throughout these photographs the manner in which the feet are made to assist the hands'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 188/2(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(17)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] View showing the way in which the cane is finally fastened. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Thirteenth stage in the manufacture of the adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 188/2(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(18)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A long wedge of wood is then taken, pushed in between the strips of 'Chaura' bark, which were placed there to prevent the wedge touching either the blade or the cane fastening, and...is hammered home... Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Fourteenth stage in the manufacture of the adze.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 188/2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(19)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A view of the finished adze. 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(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(20)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A view showing the exact way in which an adze is held. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 188/2(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(21)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The South Andaman bow. Karam-da. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a growing tree selected for making the bow. The long descriptive caption records that the bow and arrows is the principal weapon of the Andamanese, and that various kinds of wood are used in its manufacture, 'the important point being that the branch se...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 188/2(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(22)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Cutting the branch.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption reads: 'The most remarkable feature of this bow, in which it differs from the 'Járawa' bows in the Andamans, and, I believe, any other bow elsewhere in the world, is its shape; the lower half of the bow being straight, and the upper half curved. It is t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

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