photographic print(black and white);
album
- Museum number
- Oc,A12.224
- Description
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Photograph (black and white); from an album; portrait of a man crouching on the ground, holding a small adze with a stone blade, carving a bowl out of wood; Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands.
Gelatin silver print
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 9.40 centimetres (image)
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Height: 30 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 7.10 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,CA12.224. The style of the bowl makes it seem likely that it was made purely for sale (Harry Beran 10/3/08). This image is part of a series showing a carved wooden bowl, Oc,A12.223 to 225.
- 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,A12.224
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 224 (photographic series number)
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Miscellaneous number: MM007728 (Museum of Mankind number)