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Object Number 2006.12.1.24.33
Display Title Men shooting arrows at bats in a cave
Descriptions
Object Description Michael Rockefeller negatives; Bat cave; Tri X; 3 negatives, 35-37
Classification
  • Documentary
Subject
  • People
Department Photographic
Date 6/12/1961
Artist Michael Clark Rockefeller
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Family of Michael C. Rockefeller
Provenance
Donor Mary R. Morgan

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Men shooting arrows at bats in a cave
2006.12.1.24.34 Men shooting arrows at bats in a cave
Documentary
New Guinea
Men shooting arrows at bats in a cave
2006.12.1.24.32 Men shooting arrows at bats in a cave
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
Men shooting arrows upwards at bats
2006.12.1.24.6 Men shooting arrows upwards at bats
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
Men shooting arrows upwards at bats
2006.12.1.24.7 Men shooting arrows upwards at bats
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
Man shooting an arrow at bats in a dark cave
2006.12.1.24.22 Man shooting an arrow at bats in a dark cave
Documentary
New Guinea
Man shooting an arrow at bats in a dark cave
2006.12.1.24.23 Man shooting an arrow at bats in a dark cave
Documentary
New Guinea
Men climbing out of a bat cave
2006.12.1.24.31 Men climbing out of a bat cave
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
Men climbing out of a bat cave
2006.12.1.24.30 Men climbing out of a bat cave
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
Men sitting near the mouth of a bat cave
2006.12.1.24.29 Men sitting near the mouth of a bat cave
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
Men walking through water in a dark bat cave
2006.12.1.24.28 Men walking through water in a dark bat cave
Documentary
New Guinea
Man shooting an arrow upwards at a bat
2006.12.1.24.5 Man shooting an arrow upwards at a bat
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
Jan Broekhuijse (left) watches as men descend into the bat cave, their way lit by a torch
2006.12.1.24.9 Jan Broekhuijse (left) watches as men descend into the bat cave, their way lit by a torch
Documentary
Papua New Guinea