IDNO

LS.120762.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "New Britain, Bismarck Archip.
Duk-Duk Festival. Gazelle Peninsula.
The Dukduk await (at the assembly place ‘TAREIU’) the signal to proceed to the feast.
Men, women & children all collect to watch dancing & feasting, tho’ [female symbol] & children forbidden to approach assembly place." [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

pre 1894

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.14 and captioned: "Dukduk-Manner von Neu Pommeru (New Britannia)." [JD 10/11/2021]