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Object Number
2006.14.1.19.1
Display Title
Funeral for Eak
Descriptions
Object Description
Peter Matthiessen still photographs, New Guinea; Wakun; 30 black-and-white 35mm Tri X negatives; 2 stops overexposed
Classification
- Documentary
Department
Photographic
Date
7/1/1961
Artist
Peter Matthiessen
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Materials
Negative, black and white
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 |
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| 2006.14.1.19.13 | Arranging Eak's funeral pyre |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.28 | Eak's funeral in the sili |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.27 | Eak's funeral |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.14 | Arranging Eak's funeral pyre |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.23 | Men mourning Eak |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.17 | Eak is carried to the fire |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.15 | A man holding Eak |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.16 | Eak being lifted |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.19 | Eak is put on the fire |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.18 | Eak to be set on the fire |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.20 | Eak on the fire |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.14.1.19.24 | Men mourning Eak |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
|