Trobriand Island Mission: Capturing Island Life 1905

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Collection of albumen prints of the Methodist Mission at Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, circa 1905, many with captions offering a fascinating ethnographic insight to island life and culture with images of warriors, albino child, mission school, native life, and chief with skull. Inspection will reward. 63 photographs laid down on album card and captioned in black ink. Provenance: The Rev. Waterhouse Family Collection

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