[Making the pig arrow, Andaman Islands.] The thick band which connects the head of the pig arrow 'Éla' is made as shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
[Making the pig arrow, Andaman Islands.] To ornament arrows and other articles the Andamanese bind a thin twine over with strips of the bark of an orchid, 'Dendrobium secundum' which has been roasted till it turns of a straw colour. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
The tattooed [scarified] back of a man of the North Andaman group of tribes. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of back of torso showing three lines composed of horizontal scars running parallel down the length of the back.
The tattooed [scarified] back of the same subject [as print 1]. The whole body is thus tattooed, but the face, the gentials, the palms of the hands, and the ears are not tattooed. The fingers and feet are tattooed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Close-up of torso.
[Body painting in the Andaman Islands.] Smearing Koiób, a dark red pigment, onto the upper lip of an Andamanese man. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders portrait.
[Body painting in the Andaman Islands.] Head of an Andamanese painted with Tála-óg. And a smear of Koiób on the nose and upper lip. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Curved line of diamond shapes in white along the side of face.
When suffering from any chest or lung disease an Andamanese will tie a band of human bones round his chest, stuffing between the band and the skin certain leaves...to which medicinal virtues are supposed to be attached. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
For three or more he [an Andaman Islander] would use the third finger, and also the remaining fingers of the other hand, saying 'another', 'many', &c. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders portrait.
[Making the pig arrow, Andaman Islands.] The last operation in the making of a pig arrow is, the coating of it with a thick prepared red wax, 'Kagnata-Buj'. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing seated worker applying the wax to the arrow head. Caption continues: 'This is put on hot, smoothed and worked with a hot Cyrena shell, as shown, and then heated again that in the final cooling it may retain a polish.'