IDNO

P.855.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Smoke (full) Mer.”

Portrait of a man (Smoke) sitting facing the camera (head and shoulders). He is wearing a Chinese-style shirt. [Jude Philp 19/3/1999]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Smoke

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

Related Image: A boy aged about ten years old named as Smoke was photographed by Haddonat Mer in 1888 (N.22847.ACH2). It is unclear if this is the same person. [JD 25/5/2011]

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]