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Photo 188/6(27)
- Record Id:
- 041-003055618
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003055444
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025702187.0x0004c3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 188/6(27)
- Title:
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A third resin, used as a torch is 'Lápi-da', a bundle of which is shown...The shape of the bundle [somewhat like a handbad with a long handle] should be noted. Photographer: Portman, Maurice Vidal
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography
Caption continues: ''Lápi-da' is really the decayed wood of the dipterocarpus loevis impregnated with resinous oil, and lumps of this decayed wood are used as torches for dances, being dotted about on the ground.'
Subjects = Andamanese (ethnic group); ethnic groups; Portman Collection
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003055444
040-003055591
041-003055618 - 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
Photo 188/6(27) : A third resin, used as a torch is 'Lápi-da', a bundle of which is shown...The shape of the bundle [somewhat like a handbad… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003055444[0006]/040-003055591[0027]/041-003055618
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 188
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photograph
Photographic Print
Platinum Print - Start Date:
- 1890
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1890s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Format: Bound in Volume
Secondary Support: Card
- 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