IDNO

P.87251.VH

Description

A group portrait of nine women and one man from New Ireland, wearing fibre aprons and shell neck and arm ornaments. [JD 6/10/2009]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; New Ireland Islands

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.87222.VH to P.87277.VH were found loose in the Museum’s paper archive envelope, VH1/4/7, which has now been re-numbered C512/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji”, but the print is annotated as being ‘New Ireland’ [annotation previously noted as illegible]. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 6/10/2009]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One.