IDNO

P.929.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Fire-making, Mer, one man working with fingers only and hands apart. Mer.”

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

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 Archive: In folder FG1/1/9, a listing of Haddon's lanternslides provides the following caption: "850. Murray Island, Torres Strait. Making fire by means of fire drill. One man is holding a transverse stick, one man is working a vertical stick, and the left hand man is holding his hand to prevent the fire from being blown out. Enlargement from a cinematograph film." [JD 11/11/2021]