15998. Savage man-eaters of New Guinea in their war paint.
1904 (copyright)
Stereocard, detail
Private collection of Michael Pecosky
LL/54097
1 of 13
Young man, northwest New Guinea
1916
Postcard
138 x 87 mm
Oceania-Ethnographica
Courtesy of www.oceania-ethnographica.com (#2105Y)
LL/14390 [Further details available]
2 of 13
Two Papuan males (one an achondroplast dwarf), British New Guinea
1905 (ca)
Photo postcard
137 x 88 mm
Oceania-Ethnographica
Courtesy of www.oceania-ethnographica.com (B007)
LL/14387
3 of 13
Natives of New Guinea
[From the collection of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Este]
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
Antiq-Photo
Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 3eg577)
LL/8173
4 of 13
The legs of someone sitting down; the legs show signs of leprosy; Papua New Guinea.
19thC (late)
Gelatin silver print
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,A1.81
LL/89861
5 of 13
Proclamation of the British Protectorate at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
1884
Albumen print
Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society
© Cambridge University Library, RCS Y3084A/37
LL/40100
6 of 13
A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth.
1897
Gelatin silver print
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,A9.5
LL/89864 [Further details available]
7 of 13
Three axes, all with stone blades, wood hafts and rattan binding; from Papua New Guinea.
19thC (late)
Albumen print
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,B101.19
LL/89862
8 of 13
View of a sailing boat at sea, photographed from on board a ship; Papua New Guinea(?)
20thC
Cellulose nitrate negative
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,F.N.2996
LL/89863
9 of 13
Three girls with tattoo markings on body and face, wearing plant fibre skirts, necklaces, earings; three bags hanging; white screen as (studio) background; Papua New Guinea.
1881-1889
Gelatin silver print
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,B24.5
LL/89875 [Further details available]
10 of 13
A Koitapu Chief and another man posing in front of a neutral backdrop; they both wear feather headdresses and ear ornaments; one holds a war club, the other holds a bamboo cylinder with geometric incised design; Koitapu, Papua New Guinea
1881-1889
Gelatin silver print
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,B103.34
LL/89877 [Further details available]
11 of 13
Portrait of a girl, wearing a cloth wrap skirt, [Papua New Guinea]
[Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.]
1903-1904
Gelatin silver print
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,B118.182
LL/89873 [Further details available]
12 of 13
A portrait of a man sitting in front of a backdrop, with a beard, distended ear lobes, and carrying a plant fibre bag(?) over his shoulder; on the right of the image is a wooden stick with a wooden label inscribed with the number "298"; Papua New Guinea.
[Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.]
1903-1904
Gelatin silver print
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,B118.116
LL/89870
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Contents - Themes & Fragments
| PhV | Anthropology and ethnology - Anthropology |
| PhV | Anthropology and ethnology - Introduction to material culture |
| PhV | Anthropology and ethnology - Measuring humanity and anthropometry |