Showing howing the 'Chám-cho-da' is worn Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Half-length rear view of a man, showing iron knife and skewer hanging down his back from a necklace. Caption continues (in part): 'Most Andamanese wear a necklace of shells, human bones, twine or something similar. The 'Chám-da' is passed through this, and owin...
[Body painting in the Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Man and woman seated on the ground, the woman painting the stomach of the man with a zigzag pattern. Accompanying letterpress reads (in part): 'Tála-óg is used for the fine patterns; and this earth, which is rare, is kept in large Pinna shells, mixed with a li...
[Anthropometric photographs of Andaman Islanders.] Kait-Puya. Man of the Okko-Juwai tribe. Éremtága. Age about 51 years. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length study, posed naked in front of a checked screen of two inch squares (to indicate scale). The right hand is extended horizontally and rests on a stand.
[Anthropometric photographs of Andaman Islanders.] Kait-Puya. Profile view of the same man. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length study, posed naked in front of a checked screen. The head is held in a clamp to prevent movement. Continuation from Photo 188/10 (25).
[Anthropometric photographs of Andaman Islanders.] Kuta-Lé. Woman of the Tá-Yéri tribe. Age about 30 years. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length study, posed in front of a checked screen of two inch squares (to indicate scale). The left hand is extended horizontally and rests on a stand.