IDNO

P.9386.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Numbers of canoes, Korowa, Goaribari Island.

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.138519.TC1: B.N.G. Delta Div. XXXV.26. B.N.G. Delta Div. 38.26.
Korowa. Goaribai.
Large number of canoes.

In Archive Listing OA2/11/8: "Men in dugouts at Kerewa village, Goaribari I.; the men always stand up when paddling.
(Photo. by Capt. F. Hurley)." [JD 1/30/2013]

A group of 33 men and boys stand in their canoes in front of the village Kerewa. The men are variously adorned in feather headresses and with shell valuables around their necks. Alonghouse dominates the shore and stretches along its length. Several smaller domestic houses are also visible on the shore.

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Delta Division; Papuan Gulf; Kerewa Village; Goaribari Island [British New Guinea]

Cultural Affliation

Goaribari; Kerewa

Named Person

Photographer

Hurley, Frank (Capt.)

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

1922

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Hurley, Frank (Capt)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Hurley reached the village of Kerewa on Goaribari island in early January 1923, where he stayed taking photographs and collecting objects for several days.
F. Hurley
The main bulk of Hurley’s photographs are located in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Copy plates and originals are also held in the National Library of Australia and the Macleay Museum at Sydney University.

This catalogue record was updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Joshua Bell 06/01/2004]