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Full-length shot of Ekapuwé making yokal -- works string with her mouth
Full-length shot of Ekapuwé making yokal -- works string with her mouth
Object Number 2006.12.1.4.4
Display Title Full-length shot of Ekapuwé making yokal -- works string with her mouth
Descriptions
Object Description Michael Rockefeller negatives, New Guinea; Etai; Lokoparek; Plus X; 105 mm, 35 mm; 36 negatives
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 4/6/1961-4/7/1961
Artist Michael Clark Rockefeller
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 Family of Michael C. Rockefeller
Provenance
Donor Mary R. Morgan

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Jan Broekhuijse watches Ekapuwé as she makes yokal
2006.12.1.4.2 Jan Broekhuijse watches Ekapuwé as she makes yokal
Documentary
New Guinea
Shot of Ekapuwé's hands as she makes yokal
2006.12.1.4.3 Shot of Ekapuwé's hands as she makes yokal
Documentary
New Guinea
Ekapuwé rolls the thread on her knee to make yokal
2006.12.1.4.5 Ekapuwé rolls the thread on her knee to make yokal
Documentary
New Guinea
Ekapuwé working
2006.12.1.4.6 Ekapuwé working
Documentary
New Guinea
A woman standing among her work in a thicket
2006.12.1.4.18 A woman standing among her work in a thicket
Documentary
New Guinea
Woman in a sili -- remnants of clay on her face and body
2006.12.1.4.8 Woman in a sili -- remnants of clay on her face and body
Documentary
New Guinea
Full-length shot of Polik and others at an Etai
2006.12.1.3.1 Full-length shot of Polik and others at an Etai
Documentary
New Guinea
Karl Heider negatives, New Guinea; Ekapuwe at Lokoparek
2006.17.1.80.33 Karl Heider negatives, New Guinea; Ekapuwe at Lokoparek
Documentary
New Guinea
Ekapuwe carrying her baby
2006.37.1.30.9 Ekapuwe carrying her baby
Documentary
New Guinea
Asikanilek works at retrieving lumber from the old hunu
2006.12.1.38.17 Asikanilek works at retrieving lumber from the old hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Tearing apart an old hunu in Abukulmo: children watch as Asikanilek works
2006.12.1.38.28 Tearing apart an old hunu in Abukulmo: children watch as Asikanilek works
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
Asikanilep works on a new hunu in Abukulmo as Nameliké and Karl Heider watch
2006.12.1.34.29 Asikanilep works on a new hunu in Abukulmo as Nameliké and Karl Heider watch
Documentary
New Guinea