IDNO

P.862.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Giaz (side) Mer.”

Profile portrait of a man (Giaz) sitting facing left (head and shoulders). He is wearing a torn t-shirt. [Jude Philp 19/3/1999]

Physical Condition: Emulsion is cracked and peeling in small areas around the edges and is no longer attached in small areas around the edges. Silver ‘fog’ at the edges. Brown/red marks at sides and reverse of plate. Small chip in glass bottom left corner. February 1999.

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Giaz

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]