Keywords: Great Andamanese RIALA 1890.jpg en Riala at age 35 He was a member of the Great Andamanese Aka-Kede tribe and in the 1890s when this photograph was taken worked as an interpreter between the northern Great Andamanese tribes and the British authorities He also was a popular singer with his people and was regarded by the British as intelligent but of violent temper Photography by M V Portman 1890 original at Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford original at Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford - reproduced on http //www andaman org/BOOK/chapter13/text13 htm Maurice Vidal Portman 1861-1935 1890 PD-old People in 1890 Great Andamanese Interpreters |