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Photo 188/6

Record Id:: 040-003055591
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003055444
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x0004a8
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 188/6
Title:: Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. VI. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Scope & Content:: Maroon half-leather bound volume measuring 405 x 357 mm containing 32 paltinum 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
040-003055591
Is part of:: Photo 188 : Portman Collection: Photographs and anthropometric measurements of Andaman Islanders. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal

Photo 188/6 : Portman Collection: Andamanese Islanders, Vol. VI. Photographer(s): Portman, Maurice Vidal
Contains:: Photo 188/6(1) : View of an Andamanese village under a grove of cocoanut palms. The general appearance and height of the huts is shown.…
Photo 188/6(2) : A man drinking from a bamboo 'Gób-da'. The Andamanese generally store their drinking water in bamboos about eight feet…
Photo 188/6(3) : Andamanese eating pig. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/6(4) : Opening a Cyrena shell, with the single valve of another Cyrena. This is probably the first 'oyster knife' known.…
Photo 188/6(5) : Andamanese drinking from a nautilus shell. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/6(6) : View showing a bundle of leaves being tied up, and the parcel when tied. The particular leaves are 'Obunga-da', the leaf…
Photo 188/6(7) : View showing bundle wrapped up ready for carrying on the back. 'Alaba-da' rope, called 'Bètmo-da' is always used…
Photo 188/6(8) : Small bundles. Such articles as cooked food, fruits, and other eatables are wrapped in the leaf of the Licuala,…
Photo 188/6(9) : Andamanese wrapping up a large bundle. This is only done when Andamanese move on to another village. Photographer: Portman,…
Photo 188/6(10) : Showing an Andamanese carrying one of these bundles. To ease the cord, where it crosses the front of the arm, the thumb is…
Photo 188/6(11) : Showing an Andamanese carrying a cooking pot. These pots, 'Buj-da', are not very common, and are treasured by the…
Photo 188/6(12) : The bucket 'Dákar-da' is similarly carried. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/6(13) : Chám-cho-da. This is a knife 'Cho-da' consisting of a strip of cane sharp at both ends. At the handle a few strands of…
Photo 188/6(14) : Showing howing the 'Chám-cho-da' is worn Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/6(15) : Small articles such as iron arrow barbs, long thin ribs of leaves, as in the picture (used in modern times by the Andamanese as…
Photo 188/6(16) : Attitude of an Andamanese when crouching, or watching for something. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/6(17) : Andamanese squatting on his heels. This attitude is never assumed for long, and it is generally used when a man goes to the hut…
Photo 188/6(18) : This is the attitude generally assumed by the Andamanese when sitting in his hut. His back is usually leant against a log, or…
Photo 188/6(19) : Andamanese rousing another from sleep. The attitude of the sleeping man is that usually assumed by the Andamanese. They are…
Photo 188/6(20) : Andamanese women often sit in this position [cross-legged], which is seldom assumed by the men. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/6(21) : Andamanese woman sitting in the usual position in a hut. The back generally leans against a log or some such support.…
Photo 188/6(22) : Meeting. When Andamanese meet after a long separation (long to them may mean a few weeks), they cry, this custom applying to…
Photo 188/6(23) : [Parting.] When parting, there is no crying, but the two parties take each other's right hands, and, in turn, each blows on the…
Photo 188/6(24) : Torch making. [Block of 'Tóg-da' resin used for burning.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
Photo 188/6(25) : ['Rim-da' resin, used to make 'Kangata-buj-da'.] Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
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Hierarchy:: 032-003055444[0006]/040-003055591
Container:: View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 188
Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 32 items
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Techniques:: Photograph
Photographic Print
Platinum Print
Start Date:: 1890
End Date:: 1899
Date Range:: 1890s
Era:: CE
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Physical Characteristics:: Dimensions: 190 mm x 117 mm to 357 mm x 285 mm
Source of Acquisition:: Gift, Government of India, Home Department
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