Photographs from Rossel Island, PNG

Archive Collections / Harry K Bartlett / Series AA21/14 / Photographs from Rossel Island, PNG

  1. >'Dorothy. Rossel Island people. Notice the baby's grass skirt.' Two women and three children, all in grass skirts. One of the children is holding a parrot.

  2. 'Rossel Is.' Man wearing rope and leaf waist covering.

  3. 'Rossel Is.' Group of women wearing grass skirts.

  4. 'Mother and baby at Bua Rossel Island. The babe had a very pretty little skirt.' A woman holding her baby, both wearing grass skirts.

  5. 'Rossel boys.' A line of nine boys, all wearing rope and leaf waist covering.

  6. See also AA21/9/2/5 - same photograph with associated rubbing. Black and white photograph of a canoe plank from Rossel Island showing the design carved into the plank. The plank is '12 ft long x 10 inches wide' (3.7m x 25.4cm).



People mentioned: Dorothy.

Places mentioned: Rossel Island (PNG), Bua (PNG).

Creator: Harry K Bartlett
Control: AA 21/14/4/1 - 6
Quantity:    6   Photographs
Formats: Loose Photographic Prints
Series:  AA21/14