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Object Number 2006.17.1.20.8
Display Title Woman carrying grass
Descriptions
Object Description Karl Heider negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; Eak Wakun - 2nd day; 12 negatives; Plus X
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 7/2/1961
Artist Karl G. Heider
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 x 5.715 cm (2 1/4 x 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
People carrying grass
2006.17.1.20.12 People carrying grass
Documentary
New Guinea
View outside the sili of Abukulmo
2006.17.1.20.2 View outside the sili of Abukulmo
Documentary
New Guinea
Men and women going to feast
2006.17.1.20.11 Men and women going to feast
Documentary
New Guinea
Woman carrying a load of grass
2006.37.1.37.3 Woman carrying a load of grass
Documentary
New Guinea
Stones heating
2006.17.1.20.9 Stones heating
Documentary
New Guinea
Eak's funeral
2006.17.1.20.5 Eak's funeral
Documentary
New Guinea
Cleaning out the haksé
2006.17.1.20.10 Cleaning out the haksé
Documentary
New Guinea
Tongs carrying hot stones - putting them into haksé pit; in Abukulmo during Eak's funeral
2006.17.1.16.9 Tongs carrying hot stones - putting them into haksé pit; in Abukulmo during Eak's funeral
Documentary
New Guinea
Little girls and their mothers outside the ebeai in Abukulmo; attending the funeral for Eak
2006.17.1.18.12 Little girls and their mothers outside the ebeai in Abukulmo; attending the funeral for Eak
Documentary
New Guinea
Woman with child
2006.17.1.26.6 Woman with child
Documentary
New Guinea
Ritual cleansing
2006.17.1.20.1 Ritual cleansing
Documentary
New Guinea
Eak's funeral
2006.17.1.20.3 Eak's funeral
Documentary
New Guinea