IDNO

T.68642.MFL

Description

A large house with walls and thatched roof of sago palm leaves. A local man is sitting with his back to the entrance and a child sitting next to him. A young European man is inside the house, looking out, with a group of people in the background. The manner in which the local man is sitting inside at the door of the house suggests that he is a guest in that house. The house probably belongs to the Europeans in the photograph. [Andrew Moutu 19/02/04]

This is the Townsends’ house in Yereno, on the Wogamus River, East Sepik. The man in the doorway is Bill Townsend. [Mark Elliott 02/03/04]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; East Sepik Province; Wogamus River; Yareno

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

?William H. Townsend

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Summer Institute of Linguistics

Date

12 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.68640 to T.68657 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/60/.

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].