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Object Number 2006.17.1.6.12
Display Title a woman carries old lumber from the old hunu to the new hunu
Descriptions
Object Description Karl Heider negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; see Heider notes; 12 negatives; Plus X
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 5/18/1961
Artist Karl G. Heider
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 cm (2 1/4 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
Musanima. Medek carries beam for hunu.
2006.17.1.164.19 Musanima. Medek carries beam for hunu.
Documentary
New Guinea
Asikanilep breaking up old hunu
2006.17.1.7.9 Asikanilep breaking up old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Old woman carries firewood up from Baliem River.
2006.17.1.162.34 Old woman carries firewood up from Baliem River.
Documentary
New Guinea
Inside the old hunu
2006.17.1.6.3 Inside the old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Asikanilep breaking up old hunu
2006.17.1.6.5 Asikanilep breaking up old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Old hunu
2006.17.1.6.8 Old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Asikanilek works at retrieving lumber from the old hunu
2006.12.1.38.17 Asikanilek works at retrieving lumber from the old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Start of new hunu
2006.17.1.7.8 Start of new hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Breaking up old hunu
2006.17.1.10.5 Breaking up old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
in front of the old hunu
2006.17.1.71.7 in front of the old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
old hunu
2006.17.1.71.10 old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Wali thatching old hunu
2006.17.1.71.4 Wali thatching old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea