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- Permanent Link:
- https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LSMP000001/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Album of people and places in Papua New Guinea, mainly Port Moresby, taken by William George Lawes
- Translated Title:
- Poto nabautim Pot Mosbi, Papua Niugini ( Tok Pisin )
- Abbreviated Title:
- Album of people and places in Papua New Guinea, mainly Port Moresby
- Creator:
- Lawes, W. G. (William George), 1839-1907 ( Photographer )
- Donor:
- Lawes, W. G. (William George), 1839-1907
- Publication Date:
- c. 1876-1890
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 51 p. : photographs
Notes
- Scope and Content:
- Groups include: Mrs Lawes, [Harry Moore] Dauncey, [Frederick William] Walker and "granny" outside mission house, Port Moresby [See Lindt, J W Picturesque New Guinea 1887 p30 for account of granny and Lawes' household]; [Doctor Henry Ogg] Forbes ' Inland Expedition party, native village, Port Moresby [Acting Deputy Commissioner, British New Guinea 1886 - 1889, led two expeditions to Mount Owen Stanley 1885 - 1886 and 1889]; girls carrying native water pots, Port Moresby; students and their wives, Port Moresby, 1890; South Sea teachers; [Francis], C & Mrs Lawes with [Harry Moore Dauncey] and indigenous men at "Wet Camp" at the Laroki river, including view of kitchen; Walker, his teachers and their wives outside mission house at Suau [Island in Fyfe Bay area]; indigenous group outside "native houses" at Teste island; three indigenous men holding shields from Motumotu [captioned as Maiva in File 5]; indigenous men seated and standing around canoe, Teste Island; first students at Port Moresby; first writing class at Port Moresby; three indigenous men with large bundles of Sago brought from the West; Kabadi folk; Kabadi women; Kerepunu "natives"; group of villagers, Aroma; indigenous group outside Piri's house, Boera; Mrs Lawes, Mr and Mrs Smithurst, Captain Runcie (of the Ellengowan) and C H Lawes; Port Moresby girls; Tamate [James Chalmers], Mrs Lawes, Rev H and Mrs Scott, [Francis Edwin] Lawes, [Hugh Hastings] Romilly [Acting Special Commissioner for New Guinea] outside Tamate's house, Port Moresby; New Guinea Committee, 1889 - 1890, consisting of Albert Pearse, Archibald Ernest Hunt; E B Savage; Dauncey; Walker; Lawes and [James] Chalmers; wedding party of Harieta [bride], Port Moresby; Rev A and Mrs Pearse, Mrs Lawes and indigenous women outside mission house, Kerepunu; indigenous group including teacher outside "Native" church, Lealea; indigenous group outside house of Timateo, indigenous teacher in the Kabadi district; Dauncey with indigenous group outside Timateo's church. People include: Rev E B Savage; Rev W Sharpe; Rev Lawes ("Misi"); Rev Chalmers ("Tamate"); Port Moresby girl; Port Moresby boy; Chief's daughter, Port Moresby; Lare, Chief of Port Moresby with shield and Musikaka on breast, and in mouth, as worn when fighting; Piri; Ruotoka and Maka, South Sea teachers; portrait of unnamed indigenous teacher and wife; Boevagi, late chief of Port Moresby; wife of Maulu, native teacher [nude portrait of upper torso with clay markings on face]; Dagoela, New Guinea teacher, [side profile]; Lohia, inland chief; Semesi, late chief of Motumotu; Lohia and son; Kerepunu man; Kiniopi, chief of Kerepunu. Events include: opening of Piri's church at Boera; hoisting of British flag at Mission house, Port Moresby in 1884 by Romilly. Activities include: making pots at Port Moresby. Places or buildings include: Port Moresby from the island; Government house, Mr Goldie's store, student houses, new native church and store, Tamate's house, view [of Elevera Island] from Mission house, native village [possibly Hanuabada] Port Moresby; Laroki river, at the foot of the Astrolabe range; Rouna falls, Laroki river; native church, Tupuselei; native sacred place or feasting platform, Tupuselei; view of Tupuselei [houses on stilts in sea, 200 to 300 yards from the shore; view of Kaile, houses in the sea, showing church and teachers house; main street at Kaile; tree houses at Veiburi, some views showing Lawes, Walker and Dauncey on ladders or platforms; Rigo village and sacred place; first church and mission house in New Guinea, Port Moresby; houses at Kerepunu; Roma villages; Boera; college at Port Moresby; English church, Port Moresby, opened May 1890; Francis Lawes house, Port Moresby; village scene with people, Manumanu. Also includes: London Missionary Society's "Harrier" [ship]; the LMS "Mayri" [ship] Lakatois [trading canoes]; Milne Bay canoe at Killerton; large dancing mask from Maiva, man standing beneath it; still-life photographs of various indigenous objects including dancing masks from Motumotu; men's belts, charms and pipe, Motumotu; various native arms; arms and large drum from West etc; shield from Kaile; Western masks; mask from Torres Straits; East End canoe prows; pig nets, drum etc; Western shields, belts etc; clubs; pottery. Pictures taken by/received from: William George Lawes ( English )
- Funding:
- Funded in part by SOAS University of London for teaching and research
- General Note:
- 68 albumen prints on 51 pages
- Restriction:
- Copyright in this album has expired
- General Note:
- Part of the London Missionary Society Archive, a subcollection of the Council for World Mission Archive
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Lawes, W. G. (William George), 1839-1907 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/81522371
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Special Collections
- Rights Management:
 This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License. This license allows others to download this work and share them with others as long as they mention the author and link back to the author, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.- Resource Identifier:
- CWM/LMS/Papua New Guinea/Photographs/Box 1 ( soas order with reference )
CWM/LMS/19/10/01/01 ( soas calm reference )
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