IDNO

LS.114832.TCR

Description

On Manual Listing: "Northeast Malaita Island. Tai Lagoon and Uras Cove.
559. Canoes. The one at the left was purchased by Mr Crocker for two pounds worth of red calico and trade tobacco, plus two pounds sterling."

View of two canoes on water: the smaller of the two is powered by one man, and the other transports three men. [ JD 3/10/2013]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Malaita Province; north east Malaita Island; Lau Lagoon [Tai Lagoon]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Asaeda, Toshio

Collector / Expedition

Templeton Crocker Expedition to the Solomon Islands, 1933

Date

1933

Collection Name

Templeton Crocker Expedition

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.114773.TCR - LS.115107.TCR were found unaccessioned in the Photograph Store with a manual listing, now transferred to the Paper Archives and numbered, Doc 357.

LS.114773.TCR - LS.114867.TCR were located in a wooden lanternslide box, now numbered C622/.

MAA Facebook: Image published on with the caption: "Templeton Crocker donated over 330 objects to the MAA, although unfortunately not this canoe. Several communities are researching their photographs and collections made during Templeton Crocker's expeditions and some of these pieces will be on display in our new Pacific Currents displays that showcases the arts and knowledge systems throughout Oceania.
"Northeast Malaita Island. Tai Lagoon and Uras Cove.
559. Canoes. The one at the left was purchased by Mr Crocker for two pounds worth of red calico and trade tobacco, plus two pounds sterling."
Lau Lagoon [historically Tai Lagoon]; north east Malaita Island; Solomon Islands.
Photo by Toshio Asaeda, Templeton Crocker Expedition to the Solomon Islands, 1933.
LS.114832.TCR"
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