newspaper/periodical (black and white); album

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newspaper/periodical(black and white); album

Object Type: newspaper/periodical (black and white); album
Museum number: Oc,A50.75
Title: Series: Robert A Lever albums
Description: Newspaper print (black and white); view of large woven fish traps suspended from palm trees on a beach; Gazelle Peninsula; Papua New Guinea.
Producer name
Production date: 1930s
Production place: Photographed in: Gazelle Peninsula
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 7.80 centimetres (image); Height: 19.30 centimetres (page); Width: 4.70 centimetres (image); Width: 24.60 centimetres (page)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This photo also occurs in Oc,B98.48.
Location: Not on display
Condition: Surface abraded.
Subjects: landscape; basket/basketry
Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: Gazelle Peninsula
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 2006
Acquisition notes: From a collection of five albums and a number of loose photographs, compiled by Robert A Lever and purchased by the British Museum in 2006 through auction.
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Oc,A50.75