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Object Number 2006.17.1.100.6
Display Title Men shooting a pig
Descriptions
Object Description Karl Heider negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; 34 negatives; Plus X
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 12/7/1961
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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2006.17.1.100.10 Man shoots pig
Documentary
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2006.17.1.100.9 Men holding a pig to be shot
Documentary
New Guinea
Men holding a pig
2006.17.1.100.5 Men holding a pig
Documentary
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2006.17.1.100.4 People in the sili
Documentary
New Guinea
Men holding a pig to be shot
2006.17.1.100.13 Men holding a pig to be shot
Documentary
New Guinea
Men shooting a pig
2006.17.1.100.7 Men shooting a pig
Documentary
New Guinea
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Documentary
New Guinea
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2006.17.1.94.7 Tekman Biok begins operating on Eken Buken
Documentary
New Guinea
Men killing a pig
2006.17.1.100.8 Men killing a pig
Documentary
New Guinea
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2006.17.1.21.5 Tekman Biok playing with dog
Documentary
New Guinea
Tekman Biok
2006.17.1.21.10 Tekman Biok
Documentary
New Guinea
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2006.17.1.159.8 Tekman biok makes first cut into scrotum w bamboo knife.
Documentary
New Guinea