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1. Photo 188/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2
Title:
Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. II. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 407 x 350 mm containing 26 platinum prints mounted one to a page with letterpress captions of varying lengths pasted beneath each image. The thick card pages of the album are somewhat bowed.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
26 items

2. Photo 188/2(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(3)
Title:
Adze making [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing an Andaman Islander standing beside a mangrove tree, part of which (marked in red on print) has been selected for making the shaft of the adze. A lengthy letterpress caption describes the making of the tool.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Photo 188/2(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(19)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A view of the finished adze. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 188/2(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(1)
Title:
'Uta' shell held in right hand. Outside of shell visible. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photograph demonstrating the Andamanese use of half of the bivalve shell Cyrena as a cutting instrument. The lengthy letterpress description describes how the shell is used.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 188/2(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(21)
Title:
[Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The South Andaman bow. Karam-da. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a growing tree selected for making the bow. The long descriptive caption records that the bow and arrows is the principal weapon of the Andamanese, and that various kinds of wood are used in its manufacture, 'the important point being that the branch se...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 188/2(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 188/2(8)
Title:
[Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The back is then similarly trimmed, and chopped close in the same curved line as the handle. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

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