[Tortoise] Naiabui Amama River, ca. 1870-1880
[Tortoise] Naiabui Amama River, ca. 1870-1880
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1870-1880
Call Numbers
SSV*/Zoo/8 , SSV*/Zoo/9
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
2 drawings on 2 sheets - pen and wash; each sheet 22.4 x 30.4 cm - pencil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Copy print : SSV*/Zoo/8-9
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Subjects
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Alternative Titles
Full title
[Tortoise] Naiabui Amama River, ca. 1870-1880
Notes
General note
Comparison between the pencil sketch and the pen and wash sketch suggests that the former may have been a preliminary sketch for the latter.
Keyword subject:
Amama River (Papua New Guinea)
Naiabui (Papua New Guinea)
Signature / Inscriptions
Both sketches are unsigned and undated.
Date note
Approximately dated from the wood fibre type wove paper, used from ca. 1870, and from the brown ink which became less common towards the end of the century.
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from Drawer 15, 1985
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV*/Zoo/8 , SSV*/Zoo/9
Record Identifier
YdmdeP49
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YdmdeP49
Other Identifiers
Reference code
887493
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