Mrs S Burke placing bark around kelp/flax bags of salted mutton birds, at Solomon Island

Mrs S Burke placing bark around kelp/flax bags of salted mutton birds, at Solomon Island
Date
[ca 1920s]
Reference
PAColl-6001-58
Description

Mrs S Burke placing bark around kelp/flax bags of salted muttonbirds, on Solomon Island, circa 1920s. Photographer unidentified.

Note on back of file print reads 'Similar to photo published in Wilson, Eva "Titi heritage: the story of the Muttonbird Islands" (Invercargil, 1979), opp. p 49. (ATL 993.1 WIL).(Photo in book from Mrs U L Behsam's scrapbook 1921-27) "Mrs S Burke placing bark around kelp bags after being filled with [salted] birds. The bags are then tied up as shown on the right." Other photos including Mrs Burke were taken on Solomon's Island'

Inscriptions: Verso - finishing packing mutton birding S.I. NZ

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 7
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Photographs, Orientation: Horizontal image
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