Canoes

Groups include: people of Santa Cruz in canoes; Santa Cruz group with sailing canoe on beach; people in canoes in Solomon Islands and Reef Islands; patients arriving for treatment by canoe at Faubu hosptial, Malaita; group of men launching Southern Cross boat from reef at Le Motu. People include: Po...

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Order number: Melanesian Mission 7/15, Box 37
Date(s) of creation: C.1920 - C. 1965
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MM.07.1.16
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with Melanesian Mission 7/15, Box 37
callnumber MM/07/1/16
callnumber_txt MM/07/1/16
callnumber-sort MM/07/1/16
prefix_number 16
scb_previous_numbers File 9
title Canoes
scb_date_creation C.1920 - C. 1965
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 45 printing out paper and silver gelatin prints.
format Archive
description Groups include: people of Santa Cruz in canoes; Santa Cruz group with sailing canoe on beach; people in canoes in Solomon Islands and Reef Islands; patients arriving for treatment by canoe at Faubu hosptial, Malaita; group of men launching Southern Cross boat from reef at Le Motu. People include: Port Adam woman in canoe; Bishop Dudley; Canon Willie. Activities include: selling bush fibre rope from Canoes, Nupani Island; blessing canoes, Mala. Places or buildings include: Taumako; Boli Passage. Also includes: illustration of Solomon Islands Headhunters; canoes surrounding the Southern Cross off Lord Howe Islands [now Ontong Java]; St Mary Stafford boat, New Britain; canoes blessed by the Bishop at Malu, Malaita; launch with Bishop and whaleboat visiting artifical island [possibly Malaita] captioned "the Bishop goes ashore"; ocena going canoe loaded for trip. Prints taken by/Received from: D Leech; Captain Healy.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright probably held by Melanesian Mission
scb_file_number 16
hierarchy_top_id_raw MM
hierarchy_sequence MM.0007.001.0016