IDNO

LS.120805.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Solomon Is.
Rubiana lagoon.
Canoe house, w. group of natives.
2 fish heads may be seen on rafters." [manuscript in ink]

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image P.9352.ACH1: "Canoe-house and natives. (Rubiana)."

Place

Oceania Melanesia; Solomon Islands; New Georgia Island; Roviana [Rubiana]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Woodford, Charles Morris

Collector / Expedition

Date

1886 - 1888

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Royal Geographic Society

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Image published in 'Illustrated London News: Sketches in the Solomon Islands; from photographs by Mr C W Woodford. The Illustrated London news, Feb[ruary] 23, 1889, page 247.', and captioned: "1. Canoe-house at Rubiana; 2. Sacred image at Rubiana; 3. Head-hunting canoe and canoe-house at Rubiana; 4. Sago palms and nuts - view on the Bokokimbo River, Guadalcana; 5. Natives of Aola, Guadalcana; 6. Clump of cocoa-nut palms, Aola River, Guadalcana." [JD 15/01/2025]