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Photo 188/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003055471
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003055444
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x000430
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/2
- Title:
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Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. II. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
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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
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003055444
040-003055471 - Is part of:
- Photo 188 : Portman Collection: Photographs and anthropometric measurements of Andaman Islanders. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2 : Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. II. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal - Contains:
- Photo 188/2(1) : 'Uta' shell held in right hand. Outside of shell visible. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(2) : 'Uta' shell held in the right hand. Inside of the shell visible. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(3) : Adze making [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(4) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The superfluous part of the branch is now lopped off, and a cut is made in the tree to the…
Photo 188/2(5) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A similar cut is then made, above, and at some little distance from the handle. Photographer:…
Photo 188/2(6) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] With a few downward blows the piece suitable for the haft of the new adze is now split off.…
Photo 188/2(7) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] This is taken home, and the face of it, where the blade is to be fastened is first trimmed…
Photo 188/2(8) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The back is then similarly trimmed, and chopped close in the same curved line as the…
Photo 188/2(9) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The end is then cut to the right length, and smoothed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(10) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] Another view showing the method of cutting, and the way the tool is held. Photographer:…
Photo 188/2(11) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The adze with which the work has so far been done having become blunt, is sharpened with a piece…
Photo 188/2(12) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The bark is now beaten off the new adze haft. It will be seen from this that the Andamanese use…
Photo 188/2(13) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A piece of iron having been chosen as a blade for the new adze, it is laid on one stone and…
Photo 188/2(14) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The new blade having been pounded into shape is now sharpened by rubbing on a piece of smooth…
Photo 188/2(15) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The haft and blade being complete, the next thing is to connect them, and this is done with a…
Photo 188/2(16) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] The blade is then placed on the haft; strips of 'Chaura' bark, and sometimes leaves also,…
Photo 188/2(17) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] View showing the way in which the cane is finally fastened. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(18) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A long wedge of wood is then taken, pushed in between the strips of 'Chaura' bark, which…
Photo 188/2(19) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A view of the finished adze. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(20) : [Adze making, Andaman Islands.] A view showing the exact way in which an adze is held. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(21) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The South Andaman bow. Karam-da. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(22) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands. Cutting the branch.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(23) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands. Shaping the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(24) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands. Shaping the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/2(25) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands. Smoothing the shaped bow with a sharpened pig's tusk.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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- 032-003055444[0002]/040-003055471
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 188
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 26 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photograph
Photographic Print
Platinum Print - Start Date:
- 1890
- End Date:
- 1893
- Date Range:
- 1890-1893
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 154 mm x 110 mm to 350 mm x 270 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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Gift, 1893: Presented by the Government of India, Home Department, December 1893.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Portman, Maurice Vidal, 1860-1935
- Subjects:
- Andamanese
Anthropology
Ethnic groups
Ethnography
Named Collections
Portman Collection
Science
South Asian Ethnic Groups - Places:
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Asia