IDNO

P.9395.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Canoes, Delta, Div. (photo)

A man standing and paddling a canoe in the middle of a river [Joshua Bell 9/6/2004].

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; ?Western Province; ?Bamu River; ?Buniki; ?Delta Division; ?Papuan Gulf; ?Goaribari [British New Guinea; Western Division]

Cultural Affliation

Goaribari, Kerewa

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

5 - 7 October 1914

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionKathleen Haddon Collection

Source

Rishbeth, Kathleen (nee Haddon)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

See Archive Box 178, Envelope WO6/1/13 (Interview with Mrs Rishbeth).

Expedition: A.C. Haddon and his daughter, Kathleen Rishbeth arrived in the Papuan Gulf on October 7th, 1914. They spent two weeks in the Delta Division, the administrative division that covered the western side of the Papuan Gulf before leaving the region for Port Moresby. [JB 06/01/2004]

Related Archive: In Kathleen Haddon's unpublished manuscript 'An English Girl in New Guinea', 1914, p.47, for Monday 5th October, is the following extract:
“At seven the tide turned and we were baffled and we had to run up the Buniki river for shelter as the engine was not working well and could not beat the tide and wind. Mr Beach decided to spend the day overhauling the engine and hoped to get off the following day, so we anchored opposite some huts and sat down to await events. The Buniki River is quite a small one; I believe that no white man except Mr Beach and the magistrates had ever visited it, and the natives are very wild."
On pp.52 - 53, for Wednesday 7th October, is the following extract:
"At sunrise we were opposite the mouth of the River Gama, and there we stuck for some time in the tide race, rolling heavily and wrestling with our breakfast ...
Our progress round Bell Point was incredibly slow, but we finally turned it, hoisted our sail, and took departure for Goaribari Island. ... At noon we were near Goaribari Island ." [JD 13/1/2015]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Mark Elliott 09/06/2004]