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31. Photo 188/6(22)

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Photo 188/6(22)
Title:
Meeting. When Andamanese meet after a long separation (long to them may mean a few weeks), they cry, this custom applying to both sexes. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andamanese man and woman embracing, the man seated on the woman's thighs. The procedure is described in the letterpress: 'For about half an hour, and sometimes till the dusk after they actually meet, they sit about apart, take no notice of each other, and do no...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

32. Photo 188/6(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/6(23)
Title:
[Parting.] When parting, there is no crying, but the two parties take each other's right hands, and, in turn, each blows on the hand of the other. They can give no reason for this, except that of custom. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Two Anamanese men holding each other's right hand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

33. Photo 188/6(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/6(27)
Title:
A third resin, used as a torch is 'Lápi-da', a bundle of which is shown...The shape of the bundle [somewhat like a handbad with a long handle] should be noted. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption continues: ''Lápi-da' is really the decayed wood of the dipterocarpus loevis impregnated with resinous oil, and lumps of this decayed wood are used as torches for dances, being dotted about on the ground.' Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

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