M0005524: The "Taboo goblins" of Urama Island, Papua New Guinea

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Reproduction of a photograph of two people wearing the costumes of "taboo goblins". The orginal photograph was taken by Frank Hurley, c.1920 who wrote that the goblins were used "by the old men of the clan to keep the village in control, and to guard certain fruits and vegetables for use at festival time". The photograph was reproduced in Hambley, Wilfrid Dyson: <i>Origins of education among primitive peoples</i>, London: Macmillan, 1926. A copy of the book illustration was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1938 (accession number PHO 10789).

M0005524: The "Taboo goblins" of Urama Island, Papua New Guinea

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