IDNO

P.9640.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Outrigger canoes, under Sail, Mer, Torres Strait.”

Side view of three canoes with outriggers and European sails hoisted sitting at low tide. Each boat has a number of men and children on board, most dressed in calico (sarong) although some are in European-style dress. [Jude Philp 25/2/1999, updated JD 23/5/2011]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Torres Strait, 1888 - 1889]

Date

November 1888 - 5 April 1889

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionTorres Strait Island Expedition

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: Referenced in notebook titled ‘List of Torres-Straits Photographs. 1888 - 1889. A.C. Haddon’, “9 A. Canoes with European sails. Mer.” [JD 9/5/2011]

Related Archive: The blue crayon on the envelope probably refers to a large number of 1888-9 half-plate glass negatives sent to “[?] Dollman - July 1901” as noted by Haddon (UCMAA archive box 136 ‘Notes for photographic collection’).
Date: Haddon arrived at Mer in late November 1888, and departed 5 April 1889.

Bibliographical Reference: Haddon sustained an interest in Torres Strait canoes throughout most of his professional life see Haddon and Hornell 1936-8.


Publication: The photograph has been digitised for the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance (ECLAP) and is accessible on the portal http://www.eclap.eu/drupal/. [SG 31/10/2012]