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Object Number
2004.24.14841
Display Title
Adze head made from the lip of a Cassia or helmet shell
Descriptions
Object Description
Adze head made from the lip of a Cassia or helmet shell. New Guinea - Mandated Territory Kaup, on coast. 40mi. west of Sipik river. Stock: Papua - Melaneasian. Tribe: Nar - Papua. 36-105-70/381.
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Studio
- Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
- Lip
- adze
- Shell
- Artifact
- Cassia
- Head
- Helmet
Department
Photographic
Date
1938
Artist
Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
- Papuan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
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Kaup
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)
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