Item Details
Title
Finchhaffen Native Sells Coconuts
Subject
Native peoples
Description
"Cocoanut Salesman who came through our 17th Recon Camp area" (Negative sleeve seems to be in error - "Binmaley, 1945") From "Darkroom Soldier": "Coconut Peddler. Papuan tribesman regularly harvested coconut as a staple. Here, a vendor balances a full load on his should pole as he hawks his wares to the soldiers -- hatchet for opening husks in his right hand." ("Darkroom Soldier" caption authored by George Venn)
Creator
Hill, Fred
Date
1944-05
Contributor
Helten, Paula (curator)
Rights
(c)Eastern Oregon University. This image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/). Acknowledgement of Eastern Oregon University as a source is required. For print quality images, prints, or high resolution tiff files, or commercial uses please contact the Library Director at Eastern Oregon University.
Identifier
2010.1.663
Spatial Coverage
Finchhaffen, New Guinea
Provenance
From the Collection of Fred Hill