IDNO

T.68649.MFL

Description

Different view of the evening meal scene depicted in T.68647-T.68648. A small child is playing happily on the ground. A bag containing garden produce [green bananas] is sitting beside the woman next to the fire. Beyond the bag is a pile of stones in a container. These stones are used either for baking food in the ground or for preparing sago [Andrew Moutu 20/02/04].

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

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/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Mark Elliott 05/03/04].