Skip to main content

Search Special Collections

Results

1 to 6 of 6 records

Total number of records: 6

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items3
Textiles3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society3
International Textile Collection3

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
kiwai (papuan people)2
papuans1
missions1
copra industry1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Papua6
Jayapura3
Indonesia3

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Landtman, Gunnar (1878-1940)2
Papuan Industries Limited1

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 19995
Up to latest1

Textile

macrame tali

late 20th Century

A macrame tali (skirt) with pink and purple fringing. It is designed to be worn along with several others to create a full skirt. It is made of plant fibre, probably hemp.

More details


Textile

bahan kemeja batik

late 20th Century

Bahan Kemeja Batik Papua (shirt material from Papua). A large, printed cotton batik in turqoise with a bold negative-positive design featuring motifs from indigenous Papuan art. There are a number of ...

More details


Textile

papua painted bark

late 20th Century

Papua painted bark cloth in red, black and white depicting a turtle and a fish. Possibly a breast cover.

More details


Archive Print Item

The appeal of the backward races to the business man

Papuan Industries Limited

[1912]

Prospectus of "a Christian trading company" intended to combine missionary work with the development of the copra industry. Cover title.

More details


Archive Print part

Papuan magic in the building of houses

Landtman, Gunnar (1878-1940)

1920

More details


Archive Print part

Papuan magic in the building of houses

Landtman, Gunnar (1878-1940)

1920

More details