IDNO

LS.120807.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Solomon Is.
Rubiana. Burial ground.
Miniature hut on post, in which the skulls of dead relatives are placed - skull ornaments attached to post.
The whole surrounded by stone wall." [manuscript in ink]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Brown, George (Rev. Dr.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

1899

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Royal Geographic Society

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Related Image: Same photograph held at the RGS with the following informaiotn:
"Image number: S0011994.
Burial place Rubiana.
Artist / photographer: G. Brown
Date: 1899
Caption: Shows miniature house in which the skulls of dead relations are placed.
Country: Solomon Islands. [Source: http://images.rgs.org/imageDetails.aspx?barcode=28311, JD 7/6/2012]