IDNO

LS.75588.

Description

Staged photograph of three probably Onge? women standing either side on or facing the camera. There is a bamboo fence in the background. [JD 5/19/2017]

Place

S Asia; Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Andaman Islands

Cultural Affliation

Andaman Islander; ?Onge [historically Mincopie]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

Date

1905

Collection Name

Source

?Minns

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.75549. to LS.75745. were found inside the wooden tray now numbered C360/.

The slides were accompanied by a list providing the number from each geographic area and at times the book from which the image was taken. See Bay N/Shelf3/Box1/.
There was also a note recording that the slides were removed from their original location to make room for Bateman prints.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "?Africa; ?America; ?Australasia", but the lanternslide is annotated as "Mincopies", which is a historical term for a cultural group of the Andaman Islands. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 20/5/2009]

Cultural Group: "Mincopie is the first word in Colebrooke's vocabulary for "Andaman Island, or native country," and the term - though probably a mishearing on Colebrooke's part for Mongebe (" I am an Onge," i.e. a member of the Onge tribe) - has thus become a persistent book-name for the people." [Source: www.1911encyclopedia.org/Andaman_Islands, JD 20/5/2009]

Cultural Group: Onge is a cultrual group of the Southern Andaman Islands, Dugong Creek and South Bay islands. [Source: www.ethnologue.com 15th Edition, JD 20/5/2009]