photographic print(black and white);
album
- Museum number
- Oc,A12.195
- Description
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Photograph (black and white); from an album; portrait of a woman standing out of doors, in front of two wooden poles, wearing a plant fibre skirt, armlet and single shell necklace; Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands.
Gelatin silver print
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 12.10 centimetres (image)
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Height: 30 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 7.60 centimetres (image)
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Width: 36.70 centimetres (mount)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From an album of 329 photos.
BM photographic unit copy of this image exists, number Oc,CA12.195. The necklace worn by the woman resembles those that contained teeth of deceased relatives inside the shells (Harry Beran 10/3/08).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- The album has been rebound by the British Museum (mid-late 20thC, exact date unknown): some of the binding materials, notations and formatting of album may not be original, and original materials, notations and formatting may have been lost in the rebinding process.
Foxing on the album page..
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,A12.195
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 195 (photographic series number)
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Miscellaneous number: MM007740 (Museum of Mankind number)