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Dark belt, painted skull, knife like club, lime spatula, boar tusk ornament
Media Restricted
Object Number 2004.24.17280
Display Title Dark belt, painted skull, knife like club, lime spatula, boar tusk ornament
Descriptions
Object Description Dark belt (D/3426) Painted skull (D/3443) Knife-like club (48115) Lime spatula (49422) Boar's tusk ornament (416). Australia: NE arnhem Land (D/3426; D/3443) New Zealand (48115) New Guinea: Southeast (49422) Hawaiian Islands (416) Taken by F.P. Orchard, November, 1944.
Subject
  • Knife
  • Ornament
  • tusk
  • Skull
  • Dark
  • Painted
  • Spatula
  • Boar
  • Lime
  • belt
  • Club
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Additional Geographic Terms North Territory
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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