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G.E. Dobson
1872, 4 May (taken) 1875 (published)
Maia Biala, the chief of Rutland Island and his wife
[Andaman Islanders]

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G.E. Dobson "On the Andamans and Andamanese" in "The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain", Volume IV, 1875, Plate xxxi
 
Note that the genitalia of Maia Biala have been scratched out in this version. In the versions at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, PRM. B30. Misc.Ic; RAI 5758 and in the private collection collection of Jan Weijers the genitalia are shown.
 
[Thanks to Jan Weijers for providing this additional information, pers. comm. 21 Sept 2010.]
 
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