IDNO

P.852.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Davita (profile) Mer.”

Profile portrait of a young man (Davita) sitting facing left (head and shoulders). He wears a shirt, tie and hibiscus flower in the knot. [Jude Philp 19/3/1999]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Davita (Dawita)

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

Context: N.B Davita is dressed identically to Konabari in P.845.ACH2. [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]