Detail View: Image Archives: Bougainville Island

File Name: 
2015.12-3.jpg
catalog number: 
2015.12-3
collection: 
Image Archives
title: 
Bougainville Island
creator: 
Conrad J. Johnson
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Jill Skorpen
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Bougainville Island, Crown Prince Range. Typed on envelope " Some of the native carriers resting after ascending Mt. [illegible]. They were used to carry equipment and rations to the top of the peak where we were to carry on our work. August 1949, CJ Johnson. The pipe that native has in his mouth was traded from natives in the Kieta area who make these clay pipes. The natives in the picture are from Kumpani Village." Scanning and access made possible by a grant from NEH.
subject terms: 
People; Indigenous people; Johnson Collection; Bougainville Island; Papua New Guinea
date: 
August 1949
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
Papua New Guinea, Autonomous Region of Bougainville
modified: 
yes, color corrected using Photoshop CS4
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
2.89 MB
source: 
2.25X2.25 nitrate negative; scanned with Epson Expression 10000X at 2400 dpi.
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science