[Manufacture of arrow connector, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photograph demonstrating the way in which the arrow connector, the length of cord and cane which attaches the arrow to the shaft, is manufactured.
[Method of sharpening arrows, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing an Andamanese Islander cleaning and wetting the flat oval whetstone by licking it. The letterpress describes the various forms of arrows used by the Andamanese.
Andamanese drinking from a nautilus shell. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Head and shoulders profile view of a man in the act of drinking. Caption continues (in part): 'These shells are fairly common on the shores of the Andaman Islands. They are treasured by the Andamanese, who ornament them in patterns with red ochre 'Koiob-da'...I...
[Scarification ceremony, North Andaman group.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Scene shows a youth held down over the knees of an elder man squatting on the ground, while another man incises patterned cuts down his back. A group of women arranged in a semi-circle behind stand with their hands held palms together in front of them. The acco...
[Anthropometric photographs of Andaman Islanders.] Iléch. Girl of the Tá-Yéri tribe. Age about six years. In the following photographs the development of the women is shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
[Method of sharpening arrows, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption in full reads: 'Photograph showing the manner in which the pig arrow is sharpened. The blade is held flat against the ball of the left foot, while it is sharpened with the edge of the whetstone worked from the body. As shown in the preceding photograph,...