IDNO

LS.120790.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Solomon Is.
N. Bourganville [sic Bougainville].
Young man, front & side views.
Hair dressed but not artificially curled.
Usual scarification on face.
4 scars on r. shoulder. circular mota.
Tridacna shell in nose.
Nassa shell ornament in ear.
Tridacna disc w. enforced albertross frigate-bird design." [manuscript in ink]

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Solomon Islands; North Bougainville

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

pre 1900

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Image published in A.B. Meyer & R. Parkinson. Papuan Album II (Dresden, 1900), pl. 45, and captioned: "Jungling vom Nord Bouganville, Salomo Inseln.
Young man of Bourganville, Solomon Islands." [JD 25/6/2012]