IDNO

P.848.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Gadodo (side) Mer.”

Profile portrait of a man (Gododo) sitting facing left (head and shoulders). He wears a shirt, scarf knotted around his neck, and ear-rings. [Jude Philp 19/3/1999]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Gadodo (Gododo)

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Cambridge University Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Straits, 1898 - 1899]

Date

1898

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionTorres Strait Island Expedition

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Named Person: Haddon met Gododo in 1888. He became a source of much information for the Expedition members, particularly for choreography and music. He appears in both 1888 and 1898 photographs (e.g. P.1151.ACH1). [Jude Philp 19/3/1999]

Context: This type of photograph served the dual purpose of being a momento/studio portrait for the sitter and a record of the sitter for the physical anthropological and ethnographic work of the Expedition; some portraits were taken in exchange for assistance with psychological testing (Myers 1898). [Jude Philp 19/3/1999]