Five Andamanese women, including an archer
A black and white landscape photograph showing five Andamanese women standing in a line. Each woman is wearing a loincloth and a strip of fabric or strap around her navel and a anklets. All the women are bare-chested and barefoot. They all stand with both hands behind their sides except the women furthest to the righ tof the image, who is holding a bow and arrow in her left hand. A rectangular object that may be an archery target can be seen over the left shoulder. They are stood outside, with bare earth and grass around them them, and shrubs in the background. A dog is standing on the right side of the photograph, facing away from te women. Original caption (typed, beneath the photograph): 'Types of Andaman beauty. (Female).'
Object Details
ID: | ALB0858.208 |
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Type: | Photographic print |
Display location: | Not on display |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Parts: |
Album relating to the career of Commander R. Goldrich, 1919-22 (Photograph album)
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