IDNO

T.68802.MFL

Description

A large building of traditional construction with wooden walls and sago-palm thatched roof, with woven mats hanging in the windows. A well-kept lawn and young plants surrounds the building, identified in the inscription as the hospital at Nuku. [Mark Elliott, 10/03/04]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Sandaun Province; Sepik; Nuku

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

25 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.68802 to T.68825 were found in the plastic slide sheet now numbered C494/67/.

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