photographic print (black and white)

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

photographic print(black and white)

Object Type
Museum number: Oc,B61.6
Description: Photograph (black and white); three Marquesan bamboo flutes with intricate geometric designs engraved into the bamboo. Gelatin silver print
Producer name
Production ethnic group
Production date: 20thC
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 17.10 centimetres; Width: 12.10 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: In this image are three bamboo flutes owned by the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (formerly known as the Trocadero). Mr Kenneth P Emory (named in inscription) made studies of objects in museum collections, including in Paris, and this photograph may have been collected by him and brought to the British Museum. The photograph itself was photographed by a photographic printing studio "A Cintract" in Paris. The reasoning behind the Bernice P Bishop Museum stamp is as yet unknown.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac; Associated with: Mr Kenneth P Emory; Associated with: Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Associated places: Associated with: Marquesas Islands
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Oc,B61.6
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 13461 (Bernice P Bishop Museum Library number)