IDNO

P.99144.MUS

Description

Documentary photograph of a carved figure from Santa Cruz, now in the care of MAA, reference Z 28419, and described as:
"Figure - Wood figure. Blotchy red paint or powder. Rings through nose and ears. Head extends into cone at back. Standing on base."
Note on catalogue card: "Possibly acquired by exchange with Otago Museum (their No. on it?), through H.D. Skinner, 1931+" [Description from record Z 28419, JD 30/09/2021]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Europe British Isles; Solomon Islands; United Kingdom; Temotu Province; England; Cambridge; Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology [Santa Cruz Islands]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Museum Photographer

Collector / Expedition

?Skinner, H. D.; ?Otago Museum [Object source]

Date

1944

Collection Name

Museum Objects and Galleries

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99122 to P.99152 were formerly kept in paper archive envelope OA1/2/6; Box 79. The prints have now been transferred to the photo archive.

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