photographic print(black and white)
- Museum number
- Oc,B90.22
- Description
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Photograph (black and white); a man preparing to throw a spear, standing at the edge of a body of water; he has a distended earlobe and wears a necklace and loin covering; he has the spear in one hand, and a shield in the other; Mountains in the background; New Georgia group, Solomon Islands.
Albumen print
- Production date
- 19thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Height: 14.70 centimetres
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Width: 18.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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The original negative/image of this photograph has been manipulated by hand, with the spear being manipulated and the addition of grass.
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Related image: This image is published in Awdry, Frances 1902, "In the isles of the sea: the story of fifty years in Melanesia"; London: Bemrose & Sons, Ltd;p.34. The caption reads: "A Solomon Islander (from a photograph by Bishop Montgomery)."
Related image: Oc,G.T.2252 is the same image.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,B90.22
