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Object Number 2006.17.1.193.8
Display Title 'Ghost house' behind bilai
Descriptions
Object Description Karl Heider negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; Rollei black & white film, 12 negatives
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 3/30/1961-10/6/1963
Artist Karl G. Heider
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 x 5.715 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Karl G. Heider
Provenance
Donor Karl G. Heider

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
'Ghost house' behind bilai; mogat ai, wato leget
2006.17.1.193.7 'Ghost house' behind bilai; mogat ai, wato leget
Documentary
New Guinea
Round house-bilai
2006.17.1.193.5 Round house-bilai
Documentary
New Guinea
Mogat ai behind ebeai. "Ghost house" from curing
2006.17.1.194.10 Mogat ai behind ebeai. "Ghost house" from curing
Documentary
New Guinea
Hunu, ebeai, bilai, two ebeai
2006.17.1.193.10 Hunu, ebeai, bilai, two ebeai
Documentary
New Guinea
"Ghost house"
2006.17.1.194.11 "Ghost house"
Documentary
New Guinea
Wooden structure - ghost house (?)
2006.17.1.193.3 Wooden structure - ghost house (?)
Documentary
New Guinea
Wooden structure- ghost house(?)
2006.17.1.193.1 Wooden structure- ghost house(?)
Documentary
New Guinea
Wooden structure - ghost house (?)-showing detail of entrances
2006.17.1.193.2 Wooden structure - ghost house (?)-showing detail of entrances
Documentary
New Guinea
Mogat ai behind bilai
2006.17.1.196.3 Mogat ai behind bilai
Documentary
New Guinea
new garden and ditch behind W2; grass cones shelter newly-planted trees
2006.17.1.192.4 new garden and ditch behind W2; grass cones shelter newly-planted trees
Documentary
New Guinea
Wup. 2. small strucuture on stilts behind ebeai, containing roast or stea[m]ed pig from a curing ceremony
2006.17.1.194.9 Wup. 2. small strucuture on stilts behind ebeai, containing roast or stea[m]ed pig from a curing ceremony
Documentary
New Guinea
Behind ebeai
2006.17.1.193.4 Behind ebeai
Documentary
New Guinea