IDNO

LS.109373.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Torres Sts.
Masked man, and man with "warup" drum." [manuscript in ink]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander; Miriam

Named Person

Photographer

Nicholas, R. J.

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

1905

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Image published online by Michael Graham in '24 Pacific Photographs', and captioned: "R. J. NICHOLAS
NATIVE DANCER AND MUSICIAN
Torres Strait, Australia. c. 1905. 83 x 83mm. Titled in image, numbered ‘18’, and signed ‘Nicholas, St Austell Studio’." [Source http://michaelgrahamstewart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/24-Pacific-Photographs-PAGES.pdf, JD 11/10/2018]

Related Image: This image was produced as a Photomechanical process postcard, 90 x 140 mm, recto with printed caption in lower margin ‘Native dancer and musician, Murray Island’; verso imprinted ‘Post Card’ with no publisher indicated. Circa 1910. [Source: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, https://douglasstewart.com.au/product/torres-strait-queensland-native-dancer-musician-murray-island/, JD 11/10/2018]