photographic print(black and white)
- Museum number
- Oc,B108.61
- Description
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Photograph (black and white); a carved and decorated, wood Urapmin shield from Daltigin, photographed outdoors; the shield has geometric and linear designs, and is coloured with pigment; Telefomin (?), Papua New Guinea.
Gelatin silver print
- Production date
- 1963-1964
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.30 centimetres (image)
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Height: 22.90 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 7.30 centimetres (image)
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Width: 30.50 centimetres (mount)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Bryan Cranstone's, British Museum fieldwork images, from an expedition in 1963 - 64.
Related object: this is shield is in the BM collection, Oc.1964,03.69.
Mount notes: this photograph is mounted on a card with Oc,B108.58, 59, 60 and 62.
This is a continuation of the collection which is also housed in Oc,B107.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: British Museum Expedition to Papua New Guinea 1963 - 1964
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,B108.61
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 231 (Cranstone number)
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Miscellaneous number: F.N. 3383 (negative number)
