IDNO

P.858.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Poi (side) Mer.”

Profile portrait of a young Meriam man, Poi sitting facing left (head and shoulders). He is wearing a t-shirt and collar-less jacket and scarf knotted around his neck. [Jude Philp 19/3/1999, updated JD 7/5/2011]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Poi

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: 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]