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Names

Name PrimaryPretty-Crawford Southern Highlands Collection

IDs

ID LocalSAMA 8

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief Descriptionc.900 objects collected in 1968-69 during a South Australian Museum expedition to Mendi and Tari in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea; two thirds of the collection was given to the PNG National Museum and one third brought back to the SA Museum. Graeme L. Pretty, Curator of Archaeology at the SA Museum assembled most of the collection and made extensive field notes; Anthony L. Crawford concentrated on photography. Some 270 mono images and 670 colour images were taken by Pretty and Crawford.

NoteCurrently being researched by Phil Fitzpatrick. About half the SA Museum part of the collection has been photographed; all the 940 field photos have been scanned and indexed, and the field notes, etc. have been transcribed. Related external collections: Two thirds of this collection is in the PNG National Museum.

Subjects

person_orgAnthony L. Crawford; Graeme L. Pretty

localAnthony L. Crawford; Diaries; Ethnographic; Field notes; Graeme L. Pretty; Mendi; New Guinea; Photographs; Southern Highlands; Tari

pontAnthropological specimens; Diaries; Field notes; Photographs

scotArtefacts; Indigenous peoples

aptEthnology; Expeditions; Indigenous artefacts; Journals; Photography

Coverage Spatial

TextBela and surrounds, Papua New Guinea; east of Tari, Papua New Guinea; Wabia and surrounds, Papua New Guinea; north of Mend, Papua New Guinea; Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Coverage Temporal

From1/12/1968

To1/01/1969

Related Collections

Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:41

Date Created in MME2011-03-18 17:46