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Woman and child in flower girdles
Media Restricted
Object Number 2004.24.2596
Display Title Woman and child in flower girdles
Descriptions
Subject
  • Expedition
  • Child
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date c. 1898
Culture
  • Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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