People and places in Mailu district by William James V Saville.

Groups include: children playing on beach and in front of mission house; women in ceremonial dress with painted faces performing ceremonial dance; men, [possibly returning from hunting]; women with pots; large gatering in front of thatched house; children reading, seated on canoe on beach; bride, br...

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Archive & Special Collections CWM/LMS/19/10/08/018 Open

Order number: CWM/LMS/Papua New Guinea/Photographs/Box 10
Date(s) of creation: c.1920 - c.1935
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.19.10.08.018
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 10
callnumber CWM/LMS/19/10/08/018
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/19/10/08/018
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/19/10/08/018
prefix_number 018
title People and places in Mailu district by William James V Saville.
scb_date_creation c.1920 - c.1935
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 109 silver gelatin prints, 1 hand coloured.
format Archive
description Groups include: children playing on beach and in front of mission house; women in ceremonial dress with painted faces performing ceremonial dance; men, [possibly returning from hunting]; women with pots; large gatering in front of thatched house; children reading, seated on canoe on beach; bride, bridegroom and congregation at Christian wedding; sea scene with families on rafts, pig drinking; group setting off in rowing boats; family group; women waving out to sea from hilltop; women carrying babies in bags; group at outoor table; large formal group of church members including Rev and Mrs Saville; boys balancing in human pyramid; group of schoolchildren lauging whilst listening to gramophone record player; group of hill people of Bogea tribe, inland from Orangerie Bay. Activities include: women making baskets, as taught by Mrs Saville; climbing coconut palms; men performing ceremonial dance; boy canoeing; women canoeing; men sailing; making sago behind Port Glasgow, Mailu; bridge building; thatching roof; sailing; building houses; tug-of-war on the beach; throwing spears, launching decorated canoes; women cleaning each other's heads and feet. Places or buildings include: mission buildings; village, sea and beach scenes Also includes: coral, including a photograph from Frank Hurley 's "Pearls and Savages". Pictures taken by/received from: William James Viritahitemauvai Saville [Based on Mailu Island 1900 - 1935]
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright probably held by Council for World Mission copyright.
scb_file_number 18
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0019.0010.0008.00018

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