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The men butcher pigs
Object Number 2006.15.1.32.22
Display Title The men butcher pigs
Descriptions
Object Description Jan Broekhuijse negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; Wakun Weake #4; 36 negatives; Tri X
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 6/10/1961
Artist Jan Broekhuyse
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Materials Negative, 35mm
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Jan Broekhuijse
Provenance
Donor Jan Broekhuyse

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2006.15.1.33.14 Men are waiting for the pigs to be killed for the wamkanneke
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2006.15.1.24.3 Spreading grass where the men will sit and pigs will be butchered
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pigs are being singed
2006.15.1.33.36 pigs are being singed
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man is beginning to take off the tails and ears of the pigs lined up to be butchered at the wamkanneke
2006.15.1.33.31 man is beginning to take off the tails and ears of the pigs lined up to be butchered at the wamkanneke
Documentary
New Guinea
banana leaves that have been put down on which the pigs will be butchered
2006.15.1.33.34 banana leaves that have been put down on which the pigs will be butchered
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line of pigs
2006.15.1.33.33 line of pigs
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