IDNO

P.98443.LAY

Description

“S. W. Bay.
Skulls & portions of made-up bodies in club house.”
[Layard's caption, 1914 - 1915]

“Malekula.
Shrine.”
[Layard's caption, 1914 - 1915]

Physical Condition: Long crack across one side of the negative. Negative severely affected by light leakage. [JD 27/4/2009]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Vanuatu; Malakula; South West Bay [New Hebrides; Malekula]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Layard, John Willoughby

Collector / Expedition

Date

1914 - 1915

Collection Name

Layard Collection

Source

Layard, Richard

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.98437.LAY to P.98452.LAY were found in the envelope now numbered C523/1/, which was loose in the wooden box now numbered C523/ with N.98453.LAY to N.98589.LAY.

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

This catalogue record has been updated to incorporate information published in Geismar and Herle, 2008. Descriptions by Haidy Geismar have been updated to incorporate place and peoples' name and indigenous words. [Jocelyne Dudding 27/4/2009]