M0005252: Views of a skull from the New Hebrides and a decorated head from the Soloman Islands

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Front and Side views of skull, New Hebrides

Six photographs on two negatives. One negative comprises front and side views of a skull from the New Hebrides (Vanuatu). An inscription on the skull reads: "Malekula, New Hebrides, Hardy Coll., Wilkins Esq. 1900". The second negative comprises front and side views of a decorated human head from the Solomon Islands. An inscription on the head reads "Rubiana, Solomon Islands, Hardy Coll., Wilkins Esq. 1900." At the time the negatives were made, the items were held by the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

17 November 1937

6 photographs on 2 plates glass plate negatives; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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