IDNO

LS.120764.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "New Britain, Bismarck Archip.
Ancestor Cult. Duk-Duk III.
Concluding ceremony.
After feast has been held by whole family group neighbours collect, decorated & tufts of feathers & foliage etc: (including [female symbol] & children) for feasting, dancing & distribution of diwarra.
v. platform & diwarra rolls ‘LOLOI’ 1400 fathoms & skulls. L. (about £140 1600 [$800 added in pencil]). £140 given away. [$700. added in pencil]
Clothed [male symbol] = Fiji missionaries." [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.18 and captioned: "Ahnenfest in New Pommern (New Britannien)." [JD 10/11/2021]