IDNO

LS.109346.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Mer, Murray Is.
Front view of man in mourning costume." [manuscript in ink]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Haddon, Trevor [Artist]

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

MAA Exhibition: Same image included in 1920s Exhibition Case Binders "Cases 5-10. Torres Strait." (OA2/16/4) in two parts and captioned: "14. Front view of a male relative in mourning costume. Mer.
He wears a short nagar, fringes on the arms and legs, crossed shoulder-belts. (Case 5)
Vol. VI, p.158." [JD 07/09/2021]