Photographs of Mailu potsherds collected by W. J. V. Saville and of Mailu Islanders, ca. 1903-1925
Photographs of Mailu potsherds collected by W. J. V. Saville and of Mailu Islanders, ca. 1903-1925
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Date
ca. 1903-1925
Call Numbers
PXA 1704
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
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66 photographs - 17 x 22 cm. (largest), 7.5 x 6 cm. (smallest) - silver gelatin, some sepia toned or hand coloured
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Most photographs are captioned by Saville on verso. Photographs of potsherds have University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, label and catalogue number on verso.
Images include: Borebo village, ca.1930; Dimuga people, including group portraits; Dimuga men with pig tied to pole; Mailu canoe and fleet; Mailu women making a skir...
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Full title
Photographs of Mailu potsherds collected by W. J. V. Saville and of Mailu Islanders, ca. 1903-1925
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This pictorial material is part of the William James V. Saville letters, 1901-1932, at MLMSS 328
4 35mm. negs made by the Library are filed at FM1/5780: 1. Dimuga people, Maisi (in Mailu) mainland village in hills; 2. Borebo village ca.1930 - mainland opp. Mailu, Papua; 3. The Mailu fleet preparing to go on trading expedition; 4. Dimuga.
Contextual Information
Source
Donated by Mrs W. J. V. Saville, April 1954
Pic.Acc.6322
Administrative / Biographical history
William James Viritahitemauvai Saville (1873-1948) was a London Missionary Society missionary based on Mailu Island 1900-1935. Source: Mundus : Gateway to missionary collections in the United Kingdom http://www.mundus.ac.uk/cats/4/984.htm , accessed 20/3/2013; SOAS Archive Catalog...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXA 1704
Record Identifier
nX6OO56Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6OO56Y
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Reference code
902646
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