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Object Number 2006.17.1.28.5
Display Title Men grease Yonokma's corpse
Descriptions
Object Description Karl Heider negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; Wakun #4; 12 negatives; Agfa; 40 ASA
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 7/6/1961
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
Men grease Yonokma's corpse
2006.17.1.28.10 Men grease Yonokma's corpse
Documentary
New Guinea
Men grease Yonokma's corpse
2006.17.1.28.6 Men grease Yonokma's corpse
Documentary
New Guinea
Men carrying Yonokma's corpse
2006.17.1.28.9 Men carrying Yonokma's corpse
Documentary
New Guinea
Men arranging Yonokma's corpse on the pia in the early parts of the funeral ceremony
2006.16.1.17.17 Men arranging Yonokma's corpse on the pia in the early parts of the funeral ceremony
Documentary
New Guinea
Men arranging Yonokma's corpse on the pia in the early parts of the funeral ceremony
2006.16.1.17.16 Men arranging Yonokma's corpse on the pia in the early parts of the funeral ceremony
Documentary
New Guinea
Men arranging Yonokma's corpse on the pia in the early parts of the funeral ceremony
2006.16.1.17.15 Men arranging Yonokma's corpse on the pia in the early parts of the funeral ceremony
Documentary
New Guinea
Women at Yonokma's funeral
2006.17.1.28.4 Women at Yonokma's funeral
Documentary
New Guinea
Women mourn around Yonokma's corpse at his funeral
2006.16.1.17.36 Women mourn around Yonokma's corpse at his funeral
Documentary
New Guinea
Three women grouped around Yonokma's corpse at his funeral
2006.16.1.17.33 Three women grouped around Yonokma's corpse at his funeral
Documentary
New Guinea
Two women attend to Yonokma's corpse
2006.16.1.17.31 Two women attend to Yonokma's corpse
Documentary
New Guinea
View, over the heads of women, of Yonokma's corpse in the pia
2006.16.1.17.27 View, over the heads of women, of Yonokma's corpse in the pia
Documentary
New Guinea
Men mourning Yonokma
2006.17.1.28.3 Men mourning Yonokma
Documentary
New Guinea