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Object Number 2006.17.1.39.1
Display Title Yegé Asuk covering himself with clay
Descriptions
Object Description Karl Heider negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; see notes; 12 negatives; Plus X
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 7/30/1961
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 covering himself with clay
2006.17.1.39.2 Yegé Asuk covering himself with clay
Documentary
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk inspecting his spear
2006.17.1.38.12 Yegé Asuk inspecting 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 heats his spear
2006.17.1.38.7 Yegé Asuk heats 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
Yegé Asuk straightening his spear
2006.17.1.37.5 Yegé Asuk straightening his spear
Documentary
New Guinea
Yege Asuk holding stone adzes
2006.17.1.32.12 Yege Asuk holding stone adzes
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
Walimo putting feathers in Yegé Asuk's hair
2006.16.1.4.23 Walimo putting feathers in Yegé Asuk's hair
New Guinea
Yegé Asuk whittling his spear
2006.17.1.38.6 Yegé Asuk whittling his spear
Documentary
New Guinea