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Back of honai; some meat has been brought with which the holy stones will be cleaned
Back of honai; some meat has been brought with which the holy stones will be cleaned
Object Number 2006.15.1.24.19
Display Title Back of honai; some meat has been brought with which the holy stones will be cleaned
Descriptions
Object Description Jan Broekhuijse negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; Wamkaneke; 36 negatives; Plus 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Back of the honai; some meat has been brought in
2006.15.1.24.18 Back of the honai; some meat has been brought in
Documentary
New Guinea
Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
2006.15.1.24.20 Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
Documentary
New Guinea
Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
2006.15.1.24.21 Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
Documentary
New Guinea
Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
2006.15.1.24.23 Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
Documentary
New Guinea
Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
2006.15.1.24.22 Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
Documentary
New Guinea
Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
2006.15.1.24.25 Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
Documentary
New Guinea
Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
2006.15.1.24.24 Meat on a banana leaf in back of the honai near the hakok or cupboard where the holy stones are kept
Documentary
New Guinea
The holy stone being unwrapped to be cleaned by Wali
2006.15.1.27.20 The holy stone being unwrapped to be cleaned by Wali
Documentary
New Guinea
Close up of stone ring (see L-46-4) after grass has been cleaned off.
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Cerro Banco
Samuel Putnam negatives, New Guinea; Nilik and another man watching the battle which has been engaged again
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Documentary
New Guinea
A sleeping platform in a honai that has not yet been thatched, in the new village of Kumina
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Documentary
New Guinea
"Lame !Kham": !Kham standing with sticks as crutches, his wife pounding with a mortar and pestle, and two of his children at their dwelling place; meat he has been given hangs from a tree branch (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30001 "Lame !Kham": !Kham standing with sticks as crutches, his wife pounding with a mortar and pestle, and two of his children at their dwelling place; meat he has been given hangs from a tree branch (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy