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81. Photo 188/11(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/11(22)
Title:
[Anthropometric photographs of Andaman Islanders.] Timo. Woman of the Tá-Kéda tribe. Age about 50 years. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length study, posed in front of a checked screen of two inch squares (to indicate scale). The right hand is extended horizontally and rests on a stand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 item

82. Photo 188/11(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/11(24)
Title:
[Anthropometric photographs of Andaman Islanders.] Riala. Woman of the Aka-Béa-Da tribe. Age about 65 years. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length study, posed in front of a checked screen of two inch squares (to indicate scale). The right hand is extended horizontally and rests on a stand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 item

83. Photo 188/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/1(6)
Title:
Niáli. Profile view of the preceding man's face. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

84. Photo 188/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/1(11)
Title:
Riala. Profile view of the preceding man's face. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

85. Photo 188/1(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/1(20)
Title:
Riala. Profile view of the preceding man's face. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

86. Photo 188/2(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(22)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Cutting the branch.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption reads: 'The most remarkable feature of this bow, in which it differs from the 'Járawa' bows in the Andamans, and, I believe, any other bow elsewhere in the world, is its shape; the lower half of the bow being straight, and the upper half curved. It is t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

87. Photo 188/2(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(23)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Shaping the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption reads in full: 'The log is then stood up on end against a tree or rock, and the face of it is roughly shaped with the adze, commencing about three quarters up the bow. The whole face having been shaped, (the bow being turned upside down, for convenience...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

88. Photo 188/2(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(24)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Shaping the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Caption reads in full: 'The back is similarly cut, and the rough work is then trimmed carefully by fine cuts with the adze, commencing on the left side, until the bow appears in its proper form. The centre is then carefully cut, and the peculiar shape of this p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

89. Photo 188/2(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(26)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Stringing the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Andaman Islander posed in thre act of stringing the bow, which is held steady between the toes of one foot while being bent from the top. Note the use of a photographer's stand to steady the posed figure. The whole procedure is described in the long letterpress...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

90. Photo 188/3(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/3(22)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands. Stringing the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography A dark print. Caption reads in part: 'The 'Chokio' differs, I beleive, from every other bow in the world in the peculiarity of its stringing. When once a new bow string is put on, it is not taken off again until it is either too slack for work, or breaks. It is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

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