IDNO

T.68635.MFL

Description

Patricia Townsend talking with four men and two small children who are wearing shell necklaces. One of the men is wearing bark cloth around his waist and has a string bag suspended from his shoulder. A woman is in the background near the bank of the river. The European woman is wearing a small neck bag, which is typical of upper-Sepik villages. Photograph taken during the dry season - the level on the river (the Wogamush) has receded. [Andrew Moutu 19/02/04]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; East Sepik; Wogamush River; Sio

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Patricia K. Townsend

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Summer Institute of Linguistics

Date

11 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].