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Close shot of removing the tail from a pig that has just been killed; tail rests on hind quarters of the pig in the foreground
Close shot of removing the tail from a pig that has just been killed; tail rests on hind quarters of the pig in the foreground
Object Number 2006.15.1.6.19
Display Title Close shot of removing the tail from a pig that has just been killed; tail rests on hind quarters of the pig in the foreground
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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Close shot of removing the tail from a pig that has just been killed
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Documentary
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Documentary
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men carrying pigs that have just been shot to be butchered
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2006.17.1.165.6 Wam aka. (pig tail). showing method of making: feet forms a compass with heel planted and toes scribing circle.
Documentary
New Guinea
Wam aka. (pig tail). showing method of making: feet forms a compass with heel planted and toes scribing circle.
2006.17.1.165.7 Wam aka. (pig tail). showing method of making: feet forms a compass with heel planted and toes scribing circle.
Documentary
New Guinea
Wam aka. (pig tail). showing method of making: feet forms a compass with heel planted and toes scribing circle.
2006.17.1.165.5 Wam aka. (pig tail). showing method of making: feet forms a compass with heel planted and toes scribing circle.
Documentary
New Guinea
man is beginning to take off the tails and ears of the pigs lined up to be butchered at the wamkanneke
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Documentary
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