IDNO

LS.109390.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Mer, Murray Is.
Shrine for rain-making.
-- Receptacle of banana leaf, in which a "doiom" is placed, surrounded by croton leaves, & coconut leaf screens." [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

1898

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information