IDNO

LS.109246.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Muralug
3 [Male Symbol]. 1 + bow & arrow, method of
release." [manuscript in ink]

Cropped image of six Port Lihou men, from left to right, Parmur, Bainu, Aniba, Basai, Bagi, and Gadiwa, and dressed for a Kauareg pibi-kab (dance of the warpath). All are facing the camera save Bainu who is standing sideways with his arrow against the bow. They all wear head-bands, crossed shoulder slings, dibi-dibi (neck ornaments), some wear calico (sarong) some trousers, kadik (woven arm guards), woven arm and leg ornaments. Each also holds a spear and bow. Behind them is the frame of a house. [Jude Philp 1/3/1999, updated JD 19/5/2011, from record N.22861.ACH2, JD 6/17/2016]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Muralag [Prince of Wales Island]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Torres Strait, 1888 - 1889]

Date

1888

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information