Melanesia Collection

Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly
A mounted specimen of Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly from Papua New Guinea. Male specimen measuring 188 mm across wingtips. See 14964 for the female which is larger

Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly

SPG Missionary Exhibition, Brighton Dome, Sussex
SPG (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) Missionary Exhibition, Brighton Dome, Sussex -- two women at the Melanesia table, with a native hut, artefacts, books and portraits of clergymen

Bone knife from Papua New Guinea
Traditional bone knife of unknown age, from Sepik Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Made from tibiotarsus of Cassowary Casuarius sp

Ruth and Samuel Johansson, Christian missionaries
Ruth and Samuel P Johansson, Christian missionaries in Melanesia (Malele Mission, Solomon Islands). Date: circa 1920

Malekula mask
Malekula ceremonial faced mask. Art from Melanesia. Sculpture on wood. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Museum of African and Oceanic Arts. Proc: VANUATU

Nukapu, Solomon Islands - Patteson Memorial Cross. In 1871, a memorial was erected close to the hut where John Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia was killed. Date: circa 1910s

Epimachus ellioti, elliots sicklebill
Plate from a first edition of Birds of New Guinea by John Gould (1804 - 1881)

Norfolk Island drawing 4
A sketch taken from Botanical Drawings from Australia by Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826)

A Norfolk Island Hand Adges
Drawing 79 from the Watling Collection titled A Norfolk Island Hand Adges by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Palm trees. Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Plantation. Ovalau Island, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Natives, Levuka, Fiki

View from the ship, Admiralty Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Waterfall, Levuka, Fiji Islands

Hut at village, Admiralty Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Captain Thomson with natives, Admiralty Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Native canoe off the coast of Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Panoramic: Levuka, Ovalau Island, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Natives, Levuka, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Village at Humboldt Bay, Admiralty Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

River with dugout canoes. Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Wood scenery with waterfall, Levuka, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Distant tower seen over palm trees. Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Natives, Admiralty Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

New Guinea natives in canoe, Humboldt Bay, Admiralty Islands

Straw roofed houses on stilts, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Fiji Chief, Kata Sauanabra of Levuka
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Wood scenery with waterfall, Levuka, Fiji Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Natives in canoe, Humboldt Bay, Admiralty Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Levuka, Ovalau Island, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View across beach to village, Admiralty Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

York Islanders
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Canal, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Plantation scene, Levuka, Ovalau Island, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Panoramic: Levuka, Fji Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Banyan tree, Ki Dulan, Indonesia
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Levuka, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Bathymodiolus elongatus, giant vent mussel
Specimen of the giant vent mussel (Bathymodiolus elongatus). Thes huge mollusc are know only the north Fiji basin where they live in hydrothermal vents at a depth of 2800m

Parotia lawesii, Lawes parotia
Plate from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea (1875-88). Hand coloured lithograph

Prosopeia tabuensis, red shining parrot
Ff. 42. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Tonga Taboo and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Characteristic Animals of New Guinea. Plate illustrated by Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913)

Chart of Norfolk, Nepean and Phillip Islands
Drawing 1 from the Watling Collection titled Norfolk Island by Thomas Watling, 1791

Implements of the Duke of York Islands and St Georges Channe

Straw roofed building, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Levuka, Fiji Islands

Norfolk Island drawing 2
A sketch taken from Botanical Drawings from Australia by Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826)

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