Alitoa Village

Date: 1929-1931

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune

Reference: PAColl-8563-03

Description: Photographs of Manus people include portraits of men such as the war leader Korotan of Pere and Isole the medium. There are views of the village of Pere built on polls over water, adults and children in canoes, people bringing gifts of pots and grass skirts in canoes, a family group, and a bridal party in a canoe. There are four identified Arapesh photographs which include a plains Arapesh man cutting a bracelet from a trocas shell, a teenage boy, a bowman, and a painted Tamberan house. Included in this envelope are also a group of unidentified photographs. Arrangement: Original Manus negatives at 1/2-230424-F to 1/2-230427-F, and 1/2-230418-F. Original Arapesh negatives at 1/2-230300-F to 230350-F. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Though prints and negatives came from envelopes with specific titles, they were to some extent mixed. Negatives are generally true to their group titles (eg Arapesh), but negs from other groups may be included.

Date: 1932

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune

Reference: PA11-210-38

Description: Arapesh man named Wabe, demonstrating an arrow release and a bowman's stance, Alitoa village, East Sepik Provence, Papua New Guinea. Photograph taken by Reo Fortune 1932. Source of descriptive information - Margaret Mead, Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 36, pt. 3; v. 37, pt. 3; v. 40, pt. 3; v.41, pt. 3. The mountain Arapesh (New York, American Museum of Natural History, 1938-1949) vol 36, pt.3. 1938 on page 317 (labelled Figure 94) Quantity: 1 b&w lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Glass lantern slide transparency 8.3 x 8.3 cm