photographic print(black and white);
album
- Museum number
- Oc,A12.265
- Description
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Photograph (black and white); from an album; a yam house with a gable board decorated with painted designs and shells; a thatched roof building is behind the yam house; 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: 7.70 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,CA12.265. This yam house can also be seen in Oc,A12.264.
- 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,A12.265
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 265 (photographic series number)
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Miscellaneous number: MM007489 (Museum of Mankind number)