Webster album 4

Date
[1880s?]
By
Edge-Partington, James, 1854-1930; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference
PA1-o-519
Description

Album of photographs created by James Edge-Partington, with his named book-plate inside the front cover. On page 15 there is an article written by James Edge-Partington "Note on a stone battle-axe from New Zealand" (held in the British Musem), taken from an anthropological journal (new series, Vol. II).

Most of the images show idols, images, wooden figures, and wood-carving. Some figures from New Ireland are carved in chalk. Information below each photograph gives the type of figure, the country from which they come, and height in feet and inches.

One photograph, taken by the Burton Brothers is entitled "Taipari's house, (Thames) the door"

Quantity: 1 album(s).

Physical Description: Album with maroon cover; 26 x 22 cm

Access restrictions
No access restrictions
Part of
Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection
Format
1 album(s), Photographs, Album with maroon cover; 26 x 22 cm
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