IDNO

LS.120633.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "M.N.G.
"Parah" = ghost house, on Walman Coast. West M.N.G.
The spirits ruling Fate live in these houses.
(Painting on gable ends & walls: carving on balustrades)." [manuscript in ink]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; north-eastern New Guinea; Walman Coast [Mandated Territory of New Guinea]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Meyer & Parkinson [Author]

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre 1900

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Album von Papúa-Typen ... / hrsg. von A.B. Meyer und R. Parkinson. (Dresden : Stengel, 1894). [JD 4/2/2013]

Publication: Meyer & Parkinson Papua-album II.
A sequel to Album von Papua-typen. New Guinea und Bismarck archipel, issued in 1894, by the same authors. [JD 4/2/2013]

Related Archive: In folder FG1/1/9, a listing of Meyer & Parkinson's lanternslides provides the following caption: "Western parts of Germany Guinea. Meyer & Parkingson, Papua Album II 1900.
Natives of Sisanoo.
XI. Large ‘Parak’ or ‘Ghost House’ on Walman coast. The spirits ruling fate are believed to live in these houses. The carefully executed paintings on the gable ends and the walls as well as the carvings on the balustrades are remarkable." [JD 09/11/2021]