drawing
- Museum number
- Oc2006,Drg.526
- Description
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Drawing; four sketches depicting women's ceremonial costume, personal ornaments, headdress, and personal accessories used in a ceremonial dance in the Trobriand Islands. 1921-1924.
Graphite with red colour.
- Production date
- 1921-1924
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.80 centimetres (drawing)
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Height: 62.50 centimetres (folio)
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Width: 15.75 centimetres (drawing)
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Width: 50.20 centimetres (folio)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Folio Collection: This drawing is bound in a folio consisting of a collection of drawings by Ellis Silas. The folio which consists of drawings catalogued as Oc2006,Drg.506 through to Oc2006,Drg.678, were bound by the British Museum in January 1967. In addition, two drawings which were originally bound in the folio were later removed, framed, and have been catalogued as Oc2006,Drg.679 and Oc2006,Drg.680.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1925-1975 (?)
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2006,Drg.526
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 22 (Series number)