Rivers SKETCHBOOK


COMPOSITE DRAWING OF BIRD FIGURES PAINTED ON THE WALLS AT THE CATHOLIC MISSION SCHOOL ADJACENT TO KAMBOT VILLAGE, KERAM RIVER, 1978.


PAINTED MOTIFS ON THE WALLS OF THE CATHOLIC MISSION SCHOOL ADJACENT TO KAMBOT VILLAGE, KERAM RIVER. THESE WERE PAINTED BY MEN OF THE VILLAGE, 1978.

MASK IN THE MEN’S HOUSE OF AKARUN, YUAT RIVER. FEATHER AND COWRIE SHELL ADORNMENT. THE MASK BELONGS TO TAU’UN.

SINGLE MOTIF SEEN ON THE WALL OF THE CATHOLIC MISSION SCHOOL, KAMBOT VILLAGE, KERAM RIVER. PAINTED BY KAMBOT MEN IN THE MID-1970’S.


RUFF’S IMPRESSION OF KAMBOT VILLAGE ARCHITECTURE, TAKEN FROM AN OLD PHOTO FROM THE EARLY 1900’S. ONLY ONE CEREMONIAL HOUSE EXISTS IN PRESENT DAY KAMBOT.


BARK PAINTINGS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AT AMBOIN, KARAWARI RIVER, 1978.


MOTIFS FOUND ON WALLS OF THE CATHOLIC MISSION SCHOOL, KAMBOT VILLAGE, KERAM RIVER. DRAWN BY KAMBOT MEN IN THE MID-1970S.


DRAWING RECONSTRUCTED FROM AN OLD BARK PAINTING IN THE KAMBOT CEREMONIAL HAUS BONJO. MOTIFS ON THE PAINTING WERE BARELY DISCERNABLE BY THE TIME OF THE 1980 FIELD TRIP.