Solomon Islands (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Feather money, brought to Forrest’s house at Nelua. Price of girl bought as teacher’s wife, 1892
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/22
Scope and Contents
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’.
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Views in Melanesia
Item
Round houses of natives at Timotu, Santa Cruz (mentioned by the Spaniards in the 16th century), 1892
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/25
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Views in Melanesia
Item
School at Soa - Malanta - Joesph Waite the teacher, 1892
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A/17
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Views in Melanesia