IDNO

LS.120765.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "New Britain, Bismarck Archip.
Ancestor Cult. Duk-Duk.
The TUBUVAN & DUKDUK hold the skulls in their hands (v. 2nd masked [male symbol] to R.)
‘GARAMUT’ & smaller drums ‘KUDDU’.
Every few years their skulls are dug up, painted & decorated, placed on framework, surrounded by family wealth, - feast held in their honour. Such feasts often celebrated by Duk-duk, the Tubuvan collects dewarra, & Dukduk dance & feast." [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.16 and captioned: "Dukduk-Ahnenfest in New Pommern (New Britannien)." [JD 10/11/2021]