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           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.19.10.01.12
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Papua New Guinea/Photographs/Box 8
callnumber CWM/LMS/19/10/01/12
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/19/10/01/12
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/19/10/01/12
prefix_number 12
scb_previous_numbers E4, E7, E22, E34.
title Photographs of people and places mounted on fragments of numbered cards.
scb_date_creation c.1880 - c.1920
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 31 albumen, printing out paper or silver gelatin prints mounted on 27 fragments of board.
format Archive
description 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.
scb_access_status Open
scb_file_number 12
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0019.0010.0001.0012