M0008544: Carved human figure from the Hermit Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

Date:
01 April 1942
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/74/73
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Credit

M0008544: Carved human figure from the Hermit Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Figure from the Hermit Islanders of the Bismarck Archipelago

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a carved human figure from the Hermit Islands. Reproduced in Lips, Julius: The savage hits back: the white man through native eyes, London: Lovat Dickson, 1937. Related images: M0008545, M0008546

Publication/Creation

01 April 1942

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

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 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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