M0005341: Masked figures from Kawmot, South Coast of Papua New Guinea

Date:
December 1937
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/43/71
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Credit

M0005341: Masked figures from Kawmot, South Coast of Papua New Guinea. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Masked figure of the Kawmot, South Coast of New Britain

Description

A photograph of two masked figures wearing clothes made from leaves. Photograph from an unknown source.

Publication/Creation

December 1937

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 2021.

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