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Object Number 2006.17.1.38.1
Display Title Yegé Asuk heating his lugu spear
Descriptions
Object Description Karl Heider negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; Yege Asuk making spear; 12 negatives; Plus X
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 7/25/1961
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
Yegé Asuk straightening his spear
2006.17.1.38.2 Yegé Asuk straightening 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 whittling his spear
2006.17.1.38.5 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 shaping his spear
2006.17.1.38.8 Yegé Asuk shaping his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk working on his spear
2006.14.1.26.23 Yegé Asuk working on 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 straightening his spear
2006.17.1.37.5 Yegé Asuk straightening his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk whittling his spear
2006.17.1.38.6 Yegé Asuk whittling his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk shaping his spear
2006.17.1.38.9 Yegé Asuk shaping his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Werekma watches Yoli and Yegé Asuk fixing the waroleget as stones are heating for the haksé
2006.16.1.13.7 Werekma watches Yoli and Yegé Asuk fixing the waroleget as stones are heating for the haksé
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk with a bone ornament in his nose and a feather in his hair
2006.12.1.19.21 Yegé Asuk with a bone ornament in his nose and a feather in his hair
Documentary
New Guinea