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Object Number
2006.15.1.8.2
Display Title
Splitting wood with a stone axe
Descriptions
Object Description
Jan Broekhuijse negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; funeral; 34 negatives; Plus X; 80 ASA
Classification
- Documentary
Department
Photographic
Date
4/27/1961
Artist
Jan Broekhuyse
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 Jan Broekhuijse
Provenance
Donor
Jan Broekhuyse
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006.15.1.8.3 | Splitting wood with a stone axe |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.7.24 | Women's group; beyond, a man carrying in wood for the funeral pyre |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.7.32 | Cowrie bands being distributed |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.8.20 | Preparing the haksé for the hot stones |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.8.19 | Butchering pig meat |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.8.22 | Carrying hot stones to the haksé |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.8.24 | Detail of hot stones being put into the haksé |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.8.26 | Putting hot stones into the haksé |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.8.1 | Pig meat being butchered |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.6.24 | Pigs being singed on the fire |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.7.28 | Cowrie bands of nyeraken aré being laid out on banana leaves |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.15.1.7.19 | Sus being put back into their original net |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
|