IDNO

P.9456.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Dug-out canoe near Maipua. Woman just getting into the canoe.

A woman gets into a painted canoe, while a man walks forward holding a paddle. The canoe sits in the water next to the bank. The woman wears lengths of dog’s teeth in her ears and around her neck, as well as a shell valuable on her left arm. The man wears a length of cloth around his waist and a small cap. [JB 06/01/2004]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Delta Division; Papuan Gulf; Purari Delta; Maipua [British New Guinea]

Cultural Affliation

Maipua, Purari Delta

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

17 October 1914

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionKathleen Haddon Collection

Source

Rishbeth, Kathleen (nee Haddon)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This photograph has been cropped, P.47887.ACH2 is the full version of this image.

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Related Archive: In Kathleen Haddon's unpublished manuscript 'An English Girl in New Guinea', 1914, p.76 for Saturday 17th October is the following extract regarding visiting Maipua, this scene is not mentioned:
"On the following day Mr. Cardew came down in his launch on order to take us to a large native village some distance off. The “Remora” also came along with our baggage and then went off on a recruiting trip, so we saw her no more. After about an hour and a half’s run we reached Maipua, a large village of about two thousand inhabitants, built along the riverbank. It is not far from the sea and is more visited by traders and recruiters than the other places we had seen, and hence we found that prices were a good deal higher." [JD 11/19/2014]

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