IDNO

T.68656.MFL

Description

Patricia Townsend and Mervyn Meggitt approaching a house. Another house in the background. In the background, some women carrying string bags (bilum) are making their way back along the top of the ridge to their houses, ?returning from their gardens or from ?working on sago in the swamps. This is probably in Yereno, near Sio located along the Wogamus river, a tributary of the Sepik River. [Andrew Moutu 20/02/04]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Patricia K. Townsend; Mervyn Meggitt

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].