IDNO

D.49741.LCGC

Description

Drawing of a Taiwanese man, problably from south Taiwan, sitting playing a long nose flute. The man wears a headdress, typical style of south Taiwan with embroidery at both ends. [Information provided by Chia-yu Hu, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, National Taiwan University, JD 8/7/2010]

Place

SE Asia; Taiwan; ?south Taiwan [Formosa]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Robley, Horatio Gordon (Major-General); [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

Date

?1882

Collection Name

Clarke Collection

Source

Robley, Horatio Gordon (Major-General)

Format

Drawing

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This drawing was found in envelope now marked C204/1/. This envelope was found in another envelope now marked C204/ which came from the wooden drawer 1.

Place: Formosa is now known as Taiwan, and a territory of the Republic of China. Japan had annexed Taiwan in 1895, but at the end of World War II, in 1945 Japan agreed to give up sovereignty over Taiwan to China. [JD 29/10/2009]