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Object Number 2006.17.1.22.1
Display Title Girl with wooden tongs
Descriptions
Object Description Karl Heider negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; Wuperainma; 12 negatives; Plus X
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 7/3/1961
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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