[Body painting in the Andaman Islands. Painting the head of a widower with óg.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a man having his forehead painted with white mud by a woman. The caption reads: 'On the death of a wife or near relative, the shaven forehead of an Andamanese man is plastered with a thick cake of white mud, 'óg'. He is then said to be 'áka-óg', and doe...
An Andamanese cannot really count beyond two. After that number his statement becomes indefinite, as 'a few', 'several', 'many', 'very many'. For one he would stroke his nose with his forefinger, as shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders portrait.
Andamanese painted, one with grey mud, (óg), which at a distance gives him the appearance of being clothed; and one painted in pattern with white earth (Tala-og). Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of two naked Andamanese men showing body painting.
A group of [Andamanese] women painted with óg. The three markings across the breats are very common. There are no superstitions attached to this painting, which is done for pleasure, coolness, ornament, and to keep off vermin. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of five women with bodies painted in varioius designs. Most figures slightly blurred through movement.