35mm slide (photographic)(colour)
- Museum number
- Oc,F.T.6229
- Description
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Slide (colour); portrait of a man wearing ceremonial costume, comprised of arm ornaments, a headdress, and a decorated chest and loin covering, he is holding a paddle, standing in front of a thatched roof building on stilts; Warapu, Papua New Guinea.
35mm slide, polyester
- Production date
- 1992
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.40 centimetres (image)
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Height: 5 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 2.20 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 1992.
Related images: Oc,F.T.6105 through 6250 are all from the same fieldwork trip.
Notes: PicDoc 140 has a list that corresponds to this slide, the title of the document reads "LIST OF SLIDES ACCOMPANYING COLLECTION FROM THE SISSANO AREA"; with a sub-heading "X TRADITIONAL DRESS AND CEREMONIES"; the entry for this slide reads: "Man from Warapu village in traditional dress. Nowadays it is worn only during festive occasions."
Related objects: this collection of slides relates to objects in the BM collection Oc1992,01.1 - 245.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Maria Wronska-friend Expedition to Papua New Guinea, Sissano Area 1992
- Acquisition notes
- Photographs taken on expedition to Papua New Guinea in 1992.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,F.T.6229
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 125 (Wronska-Friend number)
