Portman collection.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, current owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Andamanese (Indic people)--Photographs.

Andamanese (Indic people).

Adzes--India--Andaman Islands--Photographs.

Adzes.

Bow and arrow--India--Andaman Islands--Photographs.

Bow and arrow.

Weapons--India--Andaman Islands--Photographs.

Weapons.

India--Andaman Islands.

Genre:

Photographs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Production:

1893-1894.

Contents:

The bark is now beaten off the new adze haft. It will be seen from this that the Andamanese use the reversed adze as a hammer. The haft is then trimmed to balance well in the hand, 1893-1894

A piece of iron having been chosen as a blade for the new adze, it is laid on one stone and pounded into shape with another, a long and tedious proceeding, as heat is never used by the Andamanese in working iron, 1893-1894

The new blade having been pounded into shape is now sharpened by rubbing on a piece of smooth hard stone, 1893-1894

The haft and the blade being complete, the next thing is to connect them, and this is done with a strip of cane, 1893-1894

The blade is then placed on the haft, 1893-1894

View showing the way in which the cane is finally fastened, 1893-1894

A long wedge of wood is then taken pushed in between the strips of "Chaura" bark, 1893-1894

A view of the finished adze, 1893-1894

A view showing the exact way in which an adze is held, 1893-1894

Example of a branch suitable for use in construction of a South Andaman bow (KARAMA-DA), 1893-1894

Selecting a branch for use in manufacture of South Andaman bow (Karama-Da), 1893-1894

Preliminary shaping of branch for use as South Andaman bow (Karama-Da), 1893-1894

Cutting and shaping of South Andamns bow (Kamara-Da), 1893-1894

Smoothing and patterning of the completed South Andamn bow (Kamara-Da), 1893-1894

Stringing the South Andaman bow (Kamara-Da), 1893-1894

Photograph from Portman Collection, 1893-1894.

Notes:

Collection no.: PRTC.

Online resource.

OCLC:

1090107384

Access Restriction:

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