IDNO

LS.120752.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "New Britain, Bismarck Archip.
"Gazelle Peninsula.
Woman, head & bust, front & side view.
Age about 40.
Trochus arm-ring, ‘Lalai’, fr, N. Ireland.
Necklace of 1000 cuscus teeth, ‘Midall’.
(50 teeth = 1 fathom divarra).
Scars on back not decoration, but from blood-letting.
Wooden skewer in alae." [manuscript in ink]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago; New Britain; Gazelle Peninsula

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Meyer, A.B.; Parkinson, R. [Authors]

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Image published in 'Album von Papúa Typen, Neu Guinea und Bismarck Archipel. Etwa 600 Abbildungen auf 54 Tafeln in Lichtdruck. Herausgegeben von A. B. Meyer und R. Parkinson' (Dresden 1894), pl.4 and captioned: "Frau von Neu Pommeru (New Britannien)." [JD 10/11/2021]