IDNO

T.68659.MFL

Description

An ?enclosure within a ?men’s house with two men whose bodies are partially revealed. In the roof of this house is a jaw-bone of a pig. There appears to something wrapped and tucked away [?secret objects] This photograph may have been taken in Yereno, near Sio, located along the Wogamus river. [Andrew Moutu 20/02/04]

The inscription identifies these wrapped objects as flutes. [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.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].