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Object Number 2006.17.1.28.7
Display Title Yegé Asuk performs funeral rites
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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Yonokma is put on funeral pyre
2006.17.1.28.8 Yonokma is put on funeral pyre
Documentary
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Yegé Asuk whittling his spear
2006.17.1.38.5 Yegé Asuk whittling his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk heats his spear
2006.17.1.38.7 Yegé Asuk heats his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk shaping his spear
2006.17.1.38.8 Yegé Asuk shaping his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk whittling his spear
2006.17.1.38.11 Yegé Asuk whittling his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk inspecting his spear
2006.17.1.38.12 Yegé Asuk inspecting his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk heating his lugu spear
2006.17.1.38.1 Yegé Asuk heating his lugu spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk straightening his spear
2006.17.1.38.2 Yegé Asuk straightening his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Samuel Putnam negatives, New Guinea; portrait of a little boy in Wuperainma I; Yege Asuk's little boy
2006.18.1.34.24 Samuel Putnam negatives, New Guinea; portrait of a little boy in Wuperainma I; Yege Asuk's little boy
Documentary
New Guinea
Portrait of Yegé Asuk at the Baliem with feathers in his hair
2006.16.1.4.21 Portrait of Yegé Asuk at the Baliem with feathers in his hair
New Guinea
Yege Asuk and Tege Warek
2006.17.1.55.1 Yege Asuk and Tege Warek
Documentary
New Guinea
Yege Asuk and Tege Warek during battle
2006.17.1.55.4 Yege Asuk and Tege Warek during battle
Documentary
New Guinea