drawing
- Museum number
- Oc2006,Drg.688
- Description
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Drawing; of a dubu (ceremonial platform), with decorated supporting posts. 20thC(early).
Graphite and red crayon.
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 34.40 centimetres (drawing)
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Height: 57.90 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 30.70 centimetres (drawing)
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Width: 45.20 centimetres (mount)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Related information:
This drawing is part of a collection of drawings made by Charles Gabriel Seligman.
This drawing is published in Seligman 1910 'The Melanesians of British New Guinea', plate V11.
Drawings similar to this one that feature in Seligman 1910 'The Melanesians of British New Guinea' are noted as being drawn by Papua New Guineans, thus it is believed that this drawing may also have been drawn by Papua New Guineans.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- The drawing has been glued around the edge to the mount, causing the paper to crumple. Mould is inside the mount hinge.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2006,Drg.688
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: No.2