photographic print(black and white);
album
- Museum number
- Oc,A51.8
- Title
- Series: Robert A Lever albums
- Description
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Photograph (black and white) from an album; rigging of ship and two men standing on deck, wearing western-style clothing; with expanse of water and mountain; Kolombangara, Solomon Islands.
Gelatin silver print
- Production date
- 1930s
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.40 centimetres (image)
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Height: 18.90 centimetres (page)
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Width: 9.30 centimetres (image)
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Width: 24.20 centimetres (page)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- M V stands for Merchant Navy and it is likely that M V Kurimarau in the inscription stands for the name of the Merchant Navy ship. See http://www.merchant-navy-ships.com/index.php?id=28,0,0,1,0,0 for more information on Merchant Navy ships and a mention of Kurimarau.
- Location
- Not on display
- 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,A51.8