IDNO

T.68629.MFL

Description

Patricia and Bill Townsend walking off to the left of the photograph, with a large distinctive haus tambernam (men’s house) in the background. A man [who also appears in T.68631] wearing a light short-sleeved shirt and a black laplap is walking towards the house, holding the hand of a young boy who is looking around at the camera. [Mark Elliott 04/03/04]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; East Sepik; Near Ambunti; Maio

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Patricia K. Townsend; William H. Townsend

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Summer Institute of Linguistics

Date

10 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.68624 to T.68639 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/59/.

These photographs were probably taken during a field research trip by researchers from the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Among the members of the expedition are Patricia K Townsend, William H Townsend and T Wayne Dye. An initial report on the research is given by Dye, Townsend and Townsend (1968) [Mark Elliott 04/03/04].

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Mark Elliott 27/02/04].