1. Photo 188/7(14)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/7(14)
- Title:
- [Body painting in the Andaman Islands. Painting the head of a widower with óg.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
- Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing a man having his forehead painted with white mud by a woman. The caption reads: 'On the death of a wife or near relative, the shaven forehead of an Andamanese man is plastered with a thick cake of white mud, 'óg'. He is then said to be 'áka-óg', and doe...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Extent:
- 1 item