IDNO

LS.120783.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Solomon Is. OC.III.C.106.
Man from Buka. E. Coast.
Age about 35.
Characteristic head shaving.
Face & incised pattern.
Septum bored.
Scarification on breast, shoulder & back.
Arm band of plaited fibres." [manuscript in ink]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Solomon Islands

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.26 and captioned: "Mann von Buka, Salomo Inseln." [JD 10/11/2021]