IDNO

T.68653.MFL

Description

A man chopping at a tree with a stone axe. The man is smiling broadly, suggesting that he is performing for the camera, possibly to illustrate how stone adzes were used in the past [Andrew Moutu 20/02/04]

P. K. Townsend (1971:19) reports that direct European contact came relatively late to this region, with the first Australian patrol in 1961. She suggests that traditional tools such as stone adzes were still very much in use: "In 1966-67 the first few young men to go outside the location to work were just returning; missions had not yet entered the area. Trade goods such as clothing, steel axes, knives and fishhooks, which had been introduced by native trade routes, were as yet in short supply.". [Mark Elliott 05/03/04]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

13 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].