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Photo 188/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003055498
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003055444
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x00044b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/3
- Title:
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Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. III. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
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Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405 x 34 6mm containing 27 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
040-003055498 - Is part of:
- Photo 188 : Portman Collection: Photographs and anthropometric measurements of Andaman Islanders. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3 : Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. III. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal - Contains:
- Photo 188/3(1) : Pig arrows 'Éla-Da' [Andaman Islands]. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(2) : [Manufacture of arrow connector, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(3) : [Method of sharpening arrows, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(4) : [Method of sharpening arrows, Andaman Islands.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(5) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] 'Chokio'. Bow of the North Andaman tribes. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(6) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The tree is then cut close to the ground, as shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(7) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The workman goes round the tree from left to right, cutting as shown. Photographer: Portman,…
Photo 188/3(8) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The fallen tree is then cut to a suitable length for a bow, the whole trunk being examined and the…
Photo 188/3(9) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] Andamanese cutting off the selected piece. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(10) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] Carrying home the log. Observe the way the adze is carried, pushed through the waistband of…
Photo 188/3(11) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The log is erected against a tree, rock, or other support, and roughly hewn into shape; commencing…
Photo 188/3(12) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The right side of the face of the bow is then cut to shape. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(13) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The face of the bow is trimmed, the rough cuts being smoothed. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(14) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The lower end of the bow is then roughly hewn to shape. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(15) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The upper end is then similarly hewn to shape. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(16) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The centre is then roughly cut out. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(17) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The bow is then laid flat on the ground, and the back of it trimmed. Photographer: Portman,…
Photo 188/3(18) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The rough cuts on the back are then trimmed smooth. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(19) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The bow is then thinned and brought to shape by fine cuts with the adze. Photographer:…
Photo 188/3(20) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] The bow is then scraped smooth with the Cyrena shell, as shown. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(21) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] It is planed with the pig's tusk 'pilichada', until it is perfectly smooth, but is…
Photo 188/3(22) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands. Stringing the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(23) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands. Stringing the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(24) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands.] This picture shows how the bow is held when used. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/3(25) : [Bow making, Andaman Islands. Unstringing the bow.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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- 032-003055444[0003]/040-003055498
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 188
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 27 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: 183 mm x 138 mm to 350 mm x 268 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