IDNO

T.68658.MFL

Description

Patricia Townsend in the company of a woman and child, walking along a pathway, probably between the village and the hamlet. The woman in the foreground is dressed with shell necklaces and is wearing a grass skirt made from sago palm leaves and coloured in plant dyes. She is carrying something, probably some food, such as sago, in the container in her hands. The container is made from limbum palm tree. The people around the Wogamus area speak a language called Bahinemo. [Andrew Moutu 20/02/04]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Bahinemo

Named Person

Patricia K. Townsend

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.68658 to T.68681 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/61/.

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