Collection of pencil and ink drawings from Solomon Islands and New Guinea.

Caroline Mytinger (1897-1980) was born in Sacramento, California, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. A portrait painter, she is best known for her paintings and drawings of indigenous peoples of the South Seas and her two books, Head-hunting in the Solomon Islands (1942) and New Guinea Headhunt (1946), illustrated with her drawings. In 1926 she traveled to the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea with her friend Margaret Warner, returning to the United States in 1930. In 1943, she bought a studio and settled in Monterey, California.

33 drawings (from 7.6x14 cm to 11.4x14 cm); 1 document case (.25 cu. ft)

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