IDNO

T.68793.MFL

Description

A meeting taking place within a large wooden schoolhouse in Green River Station. Seated at a table at one end of the room are (left to right) AC Plummer, JK McCarthy and an unidentified European woman) wearing a wide-brimmed sun hat and sunglasses. She is ?speaking to a local man standing in front of her. Another European man [?Clancy] is sitting to the left of the table. On the table are three flower arrangements, placed in cans [including a Coke can], and a camera. Rows of metal folding chairs are arranged in front of the table. Dorothy Graham is sitting in the front row, smoking a cigarette, while Timothy plays on the seat beside her. Another blonde-haired European man is sitting to her left. Local men in uniform are sitting in the other seats. A group of local people is watching from outside [Mark Elliott 10/03/04]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Sepik; Green River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

J. K. McCarthy; S. C. Plummer; D. J. Clancy; ?Mrs McCarthy; Dorothy Graham; Timothy Graham

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

24 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.68778 to T.68801 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/66/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Mark Elliott 10/03/04].