Still life of ceremonial items, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1890

Description:

"Men's Belts, Charms and Pipe, Motumotu." One of 113 albumen prints mounted in an album by W.G. Lawes. Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906. Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of... Papua New Guinea

Display date:

circa 1890

Location:

Papua New Guinea

Format:

image

Collections:

Digital Public Library of America

Contributors:

University of Southern California Digital Library

Publisher:

University of Southern California. Libraries

Content partner:

University of Southern California Digital Library

Availability:

Not specified