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LL/89870
Unidentified photographer
1903-1904
A portrait of a man sitting in front of a backdrop, with a beard, distended ear lobes, and carrying a plant fibre bag(?) over his shoulder; on the right of the image is a wooden stick with a wooden label inscribed with the number "298"; Papua New Guinea.
[Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.]

Gelatin silver print
British Museum
Museum number: Oc,B118.116
 
LL/89870


 

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