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Object Number 2006.14.1.4.15
Display Title Ekiarotmilek's mother
Descriptions
Object Description Peter Matthiessen still photographs, New Guinea; funeral; 33 black-and-white 35mm Plus X negatives; 160 ASA
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 4/27/1961
Artist Peter Matthiessen
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 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
Ekiarotmilek's mother
2006.14.1.4.9 Ekiarotmilek's mother
Documentary
New Guinea
Ekiarotmilek being put on the funeral pyre
2006.14.1.4.1 Ekiarotmilek being put on the funeral pyre
Documentary
New Guinea
Ekiarotmilek being put on the funeral pyre
2006.14.1.4.2 Ekiarotmilek being put on the funeral pyre
Documentary
New Guinea
Ekiarotmilek being put on the funeral pyre
2006.14.1.4.3 Ekiarotmilek being put on the funeral pyre
Documentary
New Guinea
Ekiarotmilek on the funeral pyre
2006.14.1.4.4 Ekiarotmilek on the funeral pyre
Documentary
New Guinea
Ekiarotmilek on the funeral pyre
2006.14.1.4.5 Ekiarotmilek on the funeral pyre
Documentary
New Guinea
Women on their way to Ekiarotmilek's funeral near the Mapiliama sien
2006.12.1.26.1 Women on their way to Ekiarotmilek's funeral near the Mapiliama sien
Documentary
New Guinea
Husuk with hitting stick and large ring of tobacco
2006.14.1.35.3 Husuk with hitting stick and large ring of tobacco
Documentary
New Guinea
Mourners around the pia at Ekiarotmilek's funeral
2006.12.1.27.1 Mourners around the pia at Ekiarotmilek's funeral
Documentary
New Guinea
The funeral pyre
2006.14.1.4.12 The funeral pyre
Documentary
New Guinea
Funeral pyre
2006.14.1.4.17 Funeral pyre
Documentary
New Guinea
Women around the funeral pyre
2006.14.1.4.11 Women around the funeral pyre
Documentary
New Guinea