IDNO

T.68612.MFL


Description

A large red-hulled canoe [depicted in T.68611] showing a carved crocodile-head prow, painted red and white. A raft of three canoes is moored beside the canoe. Two men are standing on the raft wearing laplaps, and a man wearing a laplap and a brimless hat is standing in the canoe. [Mark Elliott 12/03/04]


Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; East Sepik; Malu


Cultural Affliation


Named Person


Photographer

None


Collector / Expedition


Date

9 June 1967


Collection Name

Macfarlane Collection


Source

Macfarlane, Alan


Format

Transparency


Primary Documentation


Other Information

T.67481 to T.68999 and T.74937 to T.74998 were found in the box now numbered C494/.
T.68591 to T.68613 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/57/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Mark Elliott 15/03/04].


FM:203262

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