IDNO

P.921.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Archers, Mer.”

Portrait of two men standing in position ready to fire the bow and arrows they are holding. The top of their bows are decorated with a small tuft of wool. The men are wearing calicos (wrap around cloth), and they are standing in long grass with a hill visibile in the background. [Jude Philp 21/5/1999[Description from record N.23180.ACH1, JD 03/12/2021]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Photographer

Wilkin, Anthony

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

Publication: This image was reproduced in Reports IV: XXIX, fig. 2 with the caption “Men shooting with bow and arrow, Mer (p.174)”. Haddon notes (p.174) that bow and arrows were no longer used, this image was probably taken at Haddon’s instigation. [Jude Philp 21/5/1999]