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Object Number 2006.17.1.98.27
Display Title Man preparing for a ceremony
Descriptions
Object Description Karl Heider negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; 32 negatives; Plus X
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 10/28/1961
Artist Karl G. Heider
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Karl G. Heider
Provenance
Donor Karl G. Heider

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Old man sitting beside butchered pig meat preparing it to be cooked
2006.17.1.16.4 Old man sitting beside butchered pig meat preparing it to be cooked
Documentary
New Guinea
Man sitting by the arch
2006.17.1.98.24 Man sitting by the arch
Documentary
New Guinea
Men constructing the arch
2006.17.1.98.21 Men constructing the arch
Documentary
New Guinea
Man rubbing woman's forehead during ceremony
2006.17.1.98.32 Man rubbing woman's forehead during ceremony
Documentary
New Guinea
Just before a ceremony
2006.17.1.98.30 Just before a ceremony
Documentary
New Guinea
Ceremoniously passing food through an archway
2006.17.1.98.31 Ceremoniously passing food through an archway
Documentary
New Guinea
2 men wait beside the arch
2006.17.1.98.29 2 men wait beside the arch
Documentary
New Guinea
Woman working on the haki
2006.17.1.99.30 Woman working on the haki
Documentary
New Guinea
Karl Heider negatives, New Guinea; Man preparing tikil for spear
2006.17.1.85.10 Karl Heider negatives, New Guinea; Man preparing tikil for spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Women at funeral ceremony
2006.17.1.25.2 Women at funeral ceremony
Documentary
New Guinea
Uwar helping prepare for the ceremony
2006.17.1.98.28 Uwar helping prepare for the ceremony
Documentary
New Guinea
Preparing the pia with Yonokma in it; tying him into the pia during the early part of the ceremony
2006.16.1.17.2 Preparing the pia with Yonokma in it; tying him into the pia during the early part of the ceremony
Documentary
New Guinea