IDNO

P.9384.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Canoe, Waradirio [sic? Waridirio]. Bamu.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Western Province; Bamu River Estuary; Waridirio [British New Guinea; Western Division; Waradirio]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Haddon, Kathleen (later Rishbeth)

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort and Haddon, Kathleen (later Rishbeth) [Expedition to New Guinea, 16 September - 20 November 1914]

Date

circa 2 -3 October 1914

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionKathleen Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: In Kathleen Haddon's unpublished manuscript 'An English Girl in New Guinea', 1914, pp.39 - 40 for Friday 2nd?– Saturday 3rd? October, is the following extract:
“A short way up the river lies the village of Waradirio which we visited, as we had all the rest of the day to spare. The Bamu River is a very remote spot, seldom visited by white people; certainly there were no others there during our stay, and none of the villages had ever been visited by a white woman before. The approach to Waradirio is unpleasantly muddy even at high tide, and unfortunately the tide was low when we arrived. I was sent ashore in the dinghy, and transshipped from that into a canoe which was pulled along by several natives over their knees in mud. On reaching the bank a rough causeway led to the village, but this had an unfortunate habit of disappearing in critical places, so that we arrived, finally, with our shoes caked in mud." [JD 1/16/2015]