Solomon Islands (nation)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Feather money, brought to Forrest’s house at Nelua. Price of girl bought as teacher’s wife, 1892
204 x 151 mm. A view showing Mr A.E.C. Forrest, a European lay worker, standing among natives who carry large coils of feather money. This photograph is used as an illustration in ‘The Light of Melanesia’.
Round houses of natives at Timotu, Santa Cruz (mentioned by the Spaniards in the 16th century), 1892
202 x 145 mm. A view showing the round palm-thatch houses, with people standing outside. A photograph taken at Graciosa Bay, where the Spaniards under Mendana attempted to found a colony in 1597.
School at Soa - Malanta - Joesph Waite the teacher, 1892
206 x 152 mm. A view showing the bamboo and palm-thatched building, in front of which stand the teacher and a row of children.