File:Handbook to the ethnographical collections (1910) (14780981804).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,780 × 572 pixels, file size: 101 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English:

Identifier: handbooktoethnog00brit (find matches)
Title: Handbook to the ethnographical collections
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942 Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945
Subjects:
Publisher: (London) : Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
revice in the rocks. In some cases thebody is simply left to decay, the juices being drawn off throughincisions in the feet, and the dried skin and bones are sometimeskept in the hut, and sometimes depcjsited elsewhere. In TorresStraits the skull is handed over to the relatives with muchceremony ; in the Admiralty Islands certain relatives receivecertain bones as mementos. In New Ireland the corpse is placedon a stage and a fire lighted beneath ; when the stage collapses,the liver is removed from the body and distributed ; the restof the body is burnt. In Tasmania the body was burnt and theashes buried, a bark shelter being erected over the spot. THE PAPUASIANS 135 Commemorative feasts/in the case of important men arecelebrated in New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Banks Islands.Tlie strangling of the widow or widows was a frequent feature ofa Melanesian funeral in early dajs. There are many forms of amusement, especially among thechildren of New Guinea, closely resembling our own round
Text Appearing After Image:
Fio. 114.—Dancing club. Santa Cruz Group. Scaie y games; athletic amusements, such as running and wrestling(Fiji), a kind of football (New Hebrides), surf-riding with a board,and hide and seek (Banks Islands), throwing and dodging spears(Tasmania and Solomon Islands) are more appreciated by theadults ; various familiar forms of toys such as tops (Solomons,New Guinea, Torres Straits) and kites (New Hebrides and Banks

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14780981804/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
Flickr posted date
InfoField
30 July 2014

Licensing

[edit]
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14780981804. It was reviewed on 14 September 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

14 September 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current08:51, 14 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 08:51, 14 September 20151,780 × 572 (101 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{subst:chc}} {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': handbooktoethnog00brit ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fhandbooktoethno...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Handbook_to_the_ethnographical_collections_(1910)_(14780981804).jpg&oldid=682156056"