Photographs of people and places mounted on fragments of numbered cards.

Groups include: men with slaughtered pig; women with canoe; group rowing Rev [Charles William] Abel's canoe, Kwato; boys with dogs; Kavaoa, Apoveo and Kapahi, three Christina chiefs, Orokolo; Muru bushwomen inland of Biokolo; Abel's teachers and their wives, Kwato; group of indigenous Papuan men in...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Papua New Guinea/Photographs/Box 8
Date(s) of creation: c.1880 - c.1920
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Papua New Guinea/Photographs/Box 8
Summary: Groups include: men with slaughtered pig; women with canoe; group rowing Rev [Charles William] Abel's canoe, Kwato; boys with dogs; Kavaoa, Apoveo and Kapahi, three Christina chiefs, Orokolo; Muru bushwomen inland of Biokolo; Abel's teachers and their wives, Kwato; group of indigenous Papuan men in traditional dress, entitled "Raw material"; girls outside "Etena" building. People include: missionary and wife on landing stage; portraits of individuals including Paolo; Aruadaela, the first Indigenous Christian in New Guinea, deacon at Port Moresby church. Events include: children's school feast, Orokolo; outdoor meeting. Activities include: preparations for feast. Places or buildings include: home interior; house with skulls outside; men outside dubu; LMS college, Vatorata; villagers with house and boats, Darnley Island. Also includes: model of Vatorata college; method of preserving dead at Darnley Island; memorial plaque to Ruatoka, Cook Island teacher. Pictures taken by/received from: Various including William George Lawes.
Previous numbers: E4, E7, E22, E34.
Extent: 31 albumen, printing out paper or silver gelatin prints mounted on 27 fragments of board.
Access status: Open
File number: 12
Format: Archive