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Title
Group of indigenous men including chief on board ship, Papua New Guinea, ca.1884
Creator
Lawes, William George
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1884
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Council for World Missions
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library
docenquiry@soas.ac.uk
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
Description
"Cannibal chief on board H.M.S. Nelson". Group of indigenous men on deck of ship with Captain.
One of 15 loose albumen prints mounted on card, probably 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. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
Type
image
Format
albumen prints, 23.7 x 29.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m1016 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-SOA-CWM-19-10-016-008
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1016
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-SOA-CWM-19-10-016-008.jpg
Subject
Colonialism
Transport
London Missionary Society
Lawes, William George 1839-1907
Group portraits
Time Period
circa 1884
Place
Papua New Guinea
Source
SOAS/CWM/LMS/PNG/PHOTO/09/016/008 [File]
Relation
Council for World Mission/London Missionary Society
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Archives and Manuscripts Division, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, ca.1860-1950
School of Oriental and African Studies
impa-m971

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