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Object Number 2006.12.1.61.6
Display Title Taking hot rocks to make the haksé
Descriptions
Object Description Michael Rockefeller negatives; Weake funeral #4; Tri X; 36 negatives, -1-34
Classification
  • Documentary
Subject
  • People
Department Photographic
Date 6/11/1961
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
Taking hot rocks to make the haksé
2006.12.1.61.5 Taking hot rocks to make the haksé
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
woman sits beside cold rocks
2006.12.1.58.16 woman sits beside cold rocks
Documentary
New Guinea
woman sits beside cold rocks
2006.12.1.58.15 woman sits beside cold rocks
Documentary
New Guinea
hakse being made
2006.12.1.61.20 hakse being made
Documentary
New Guinea
hakse being made
2006.12.1.61.21 hakse being made
Documentary
New Guinea
hakse being made
2006.12.1.61.19 hakse being made
Documentary
New Guinea
hakse being made
2006.12.1.61.17 hakse being made
Documentary
New Guinea
Etamugwi crouched to make the bow string
2006.12.1.65.33 Etamugwi crouched to make the bow string
Documentary
New Guinea
Etamugwi crouched to make the bow string
2006.12.1.65.34 Etamugwi crouched to make the bow string
Documentary
New Guinea
Lining the pit with hot rocks
2006.12.1.67.23 Lining the pit with hot rocks
Documentary
New Guinea
Lining the pit with hot rocks
2006.12.1.67.24 Lining the pit with hot rocks
Documentary
New Guinea
men picking up hot stones and putting them in the hakse
2006.12.1.56.20 men picking up hot stones and putting them in the hakse
Documentary
New Guinea