photographic print(black and white)
- Museum number
- Oc,B62.1
- Description
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Photograph (black and white); two Marquesan feather head ornaments, one is made from feathers and has a museum label attached to it, the other is made from feathers, plaited plant fibres and sperm whale teeth.
Gelatin silver print
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 17 centimetres
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Width: 12.10 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
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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. (Eherdman 2008).
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It seems likely that the image may have been in the photographic collection of the Bernice P Bishop Museum, indicated by the numerical stamp given on the reverse of the image.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,B62.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 13455 (Bernice P Bishop Museum Library Number)
