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Names

Name PrimaryThe E Schmidt Collection: Papua New Guinea, 1909

IDs

ID LocalAM0035

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionA collection of 302 artefacts mostly weapons - arrows, bows, clubs and spears from from ‘German’ New Guinea, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands and the Solomon Islands collected in the early 20th Century.

Full DescriptionIn 1909 the Australian Museum bought a collection of 302 artefacts (mostly weapons - arrows, bows, clubs and spears) from Mr E Schmidt, a Sydney-based trader. The artefacts were from ‘German’ New Guinea, New Ireland, the Admiralty Islands and the Solomon Islands. Mr Schmidt sold the collection on behalf of a client, Captain Haug.

Captain Haug was captain of the New Guinea Company’s steamer Siar which, in 1909, sailed 346km up the Sepik River. A large quantity of ethnographic material was collected by scientists on board, much of which is now in museums in Germany.

Subjects

localArrows; Bows; Clubs; Early 20th century; Indigenous artefacts; Indigenous weapons; Spears

Coverage Spatial

TextNew Ireland; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Admiralty Islands

Coverage Temporal

From1900

To1909

Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:43

Date Created in MME2011-04-08 13:38