IDNO

LS.109300.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Murray Is., Mer.
Fire-making. (4 slides)." [manuscript in ink]

On Manual Listing: "Murray Island, Torres Strait. Making fire by means of fire drill. One man is holding a transverse stick, one man is working a vertical stick, and the left hand man is holding his hand to prevent the fire from being blown out. Enlargement from a cinematograph film." [manuscript in ink]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Oceania Melanesia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer [Murray Islands]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

?1890

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Archive: In folder FG1/1/9, a listing of Haddon's lanternslides provides the following caption: "850. Murray Island, Torres Strait. Making fire by means of fire drill. One man is holding a transverse stick, one man is working a vertical stick, and the left hand man is holding his hand to prevent the fire from being blown out. Enlargement from a cinematograph film." [JD 11/11/2021]