photographic print (black and white); glass negative

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photographic print(black and white); glass negative

Object Type: photographic print (black and white); glass negative
Museum number: Oc,G.N.2004
Title: Series: Seligman
Description: Glass negative (black and white); two hevehe (masks); dancing, with a large group of Elema women; Purari Delta, Papua New Guinea. Photographic process
Producer name
Production date: 19thC(late)
Production place: Photographed in: Purari Delta
Materials
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Dimensions: Height: 10.40 centimetres; Width: 8.20 centimetres
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Curator's comments: According to Jan Hasselberg 2021, this photo was not taken by Dauncey but by F.E. Williams in 1932. See F E Williams' albums at the Papua New Guinea National Archives; and compare with photos in M. Young's 'An Anthropologist in Papua'.; Related image: this image can also be seen in Oc,A1.7, it is a photograph of a photograph.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: Digital copy: saturation and levels adjusted.
Subjects: ceremony/ritual; mask; dance
Associated names: Associated with: Prof Charles Gabriel Seligman; Associated with: Francis Edgar Williams
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Purari Delta
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Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Oc,G.N.2004