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Object Number
2006.14.1.39.3
Display Title
Half constructed wamai
Descriptions
Object Description
Peter Matthiessen still photographs, New Guinea; Heider notes; 12 black-and-white Plus X Rollei negatives
Classification
- Documentary
Department
Photographic
Date
5/18/1961
Artist
Peter Matthiessen
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 5.715 x 5.715 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter Matthiessen
Provenance
Collector
Peter Matthiessen
(1961 - 5/10/06)
Donor
Peter Matthiessen
(1961 - 5/10/06)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006.14.1.39.4 | New wamai in Kumima |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.39.7 | Stalls of the new wamai |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.39.10 | New wamai in Kumima |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.39.1 | Men building a long wamai |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.39.11 | New wamai in Kumima |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.39.9 | The hunu in Kumima |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.17.1.76.9 | new wamai being constructed |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.17.1.77.3 | driving posts for walkway of wamai |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.39.2 | Men thatching roof |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.39.5 | Men thatching roof |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.39.6 | Men thatching roof |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.39.8 | New hunu or lisé in Kumima |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
|