drawing
- Museum number
- Oc2006,Drg.700
- Description
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Drawing; of groups of ceremonial carved posts from different villages, one of the groups of posts are hanging from a thatched roof building. A small group of people are standing with a dog. 20thC(early).
Graphite.
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 34.60 centimetres (drawing)
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Height: 57.90 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 43.10 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.
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.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2006,Drg.700
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: No.13
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Miscellaneous number: No.14
