35mm slide (photographic)(colour)
- Museum number
- Oc,F.T.6093
- Description
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Slide (colour); a Telefolmin carver, Niegyar Wengmanengim, in front of a raised house constructed of wood; two carved and painted houseboards that Niegyar carved are visible on the house, one next to him and one as the entry; Utemtigin Village, Papua New Guinea.
35mm slide, polyester
- Production date
- 1988
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.20 centimetres (image)
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Height: 5 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 3.40 centimetres (image)
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Width: 5 centimetres (mount)
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- Curator's comments
- Context: Maria Wronska-Friend fieldwork images, from an expedition in 1988.
Related images: Oc,F.T.6088 through 6104 are all from the same fieldwork trip.
Notes: PicDoc 139 has a list that corresponds to this slide, the title of the document reads "LIST OF SLIDES (all pictures from the Eliptaman valley, Telefomin District, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea)"; the entry for this slide reads: "6. Houseboard from Utemtigin village (no. 4 in collection) with design influenced by the area of the Frieda Copper Mine, where the carver used to work. The carver, Niegyar Wengmanengim is next to this houseboard; the other houseboard (used as entrance) was also carved by him, but a few years earlier. ".
Related objects: this collection of slides relates to objects in the BM collection: Oc1988,06.1-9.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Maria Wronska-friend Expedition to Papua New Guinea 1988
- Acquisition notes
- Photographs taken on expedition to Papua New Guinea in 1988.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,F.T.6093
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 6 (Wronska-Friend number)
