Feather money, brought to Forrest's house at Nelua. Price of girl bought as teacher's wife
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Creation Date
2003-11-14
Publication Date
2004-11-05Publisher
Royal Commonwealth Society Library. Cambridge University Library. University of Cambridge.
Language
en_GB
Type
Image
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Unknown author (2004). Feather money, brought to Forrest's house at Nelua. Price of girl bought as teacher's wife [digital image]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/1383
Description
204 x 151 mm. A view showing Mr. A.E.C. Forrest, a European lay worker, standing among locals who carry large coils of feather money. Montgomery wrote: 'These bush people...are also, I believe, the weavers of the only money currently in Santa Cruz - the famous 'feather money' made in coils, with a groundwork of some fibre, and clothed with a covering of red feathers taken from the breast of a little bird. Nowhere else is this money known; and most strange fact of all, I am assured by Mr. Forrest that this money has only come into existence during the last thirty years (Montgomery, H.H (1896), 'The light of Melanesia'. London: SPCK, p.126). The photograph is also used as an illustration in Montgomery's 'The light of Melanesia'. Possible photographers include: Montgomery, Henry Hutchinson, 1847-1932, Bishop of Tasmania; Brittain, Arthur, fl 1892, clergyman; Welchman, Henry, fl 1890-1899, clergyman.
Spatial Coverage
Melanesia (Oceania)
Temporal Coverage
start=1892; end=1892; scheme=DCTERMS.W3CDTF
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Host Item: RCS Photograph Collection, Y309A.
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