Papua New Guineans on board 'H.M.S. Nelson', Dinner Island, November 23rd, 1884
Scope and Contents
285 x 230 mm. A view of Papua New Guineans standing and sitting on the deck. The European standing extreme left is possibly H.H. Romilly. One sitting Papua New Guinean wears a long comb through his hair (whose position and angle was said to indicate the wearer's disposition), and another man has a claypipe through his septum.
Dates
- Creation: 1884
Creator
- From the Fonds: Angerer, C, fl1884 (photographer) (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2011-02-02 14:52:03+00:00
Geographic
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