IDNO

P.9438.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Canoe with sail, Mailu.

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.116967.TC1: “B.N.G.
Mailu Papua
Sailing canoe (near view).” [manuscript in ink]

View of an orou (double canoe) of the Mailu Islanders, at sea under sail of a large matting sail in the shape of a lobster-claw. There are approximately twelve crew and passengers onboard. [JD 01/07/2020]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Central Division; Southeast Coast; Mailu Island [British New Guinea]

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 16 September - 20 November 1914

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionKathleen Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: Image published in OA2/11/1, 'Canoes and Pottery Making, New Guinea', pl. 32 and captioned:
"32. Double-canoe showing type of rig.
Mailu.
(Photo. by Kathleen Haddon)." [JD 22/08/2018]