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Object Number 2006.12.1.21.1
Display Title Robert Gardner (left) watches as men heat stones to use in a haksé
Descriptions
Object Description Michael Rockefeller negatives; funeral; PLUS X; 160 ASA; 34 negatives
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 4/27/1961
Artist Michael Clark Rockefeller
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
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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Robert Gardner (left) watches as men heat stones to use in a haksé
2006.12.1.21.2 Robert Gardner (left) watches as men heat stones to use in a haksé
Documentary
New Guinea
Werekma watches Yoli and Yegé Asuk fixing the waroleget as stones are heating for the haksé
2006.16.1.13.7 Werekma watches Yoli and Yegé Asuk fixing the waroleget as stones are heating for the haksé
Documentary
New Guinea
Boys bringing wood to heat the stones for the hakse
2006.12.1.63.19 Boys bringing wood to heat the stones for the hakse
Documentary
New Guinea
Jan Broekhuijse (left) watches as men descend into the bat cave, their way lit by a torch
2006.12.1.24.9 Jan Broekhuijse (left) watches as men descend into the bat cave, their way lit by a torch
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
A solitary woman watches the funeral pyre at Kibit Silimo
2006.12.1.31.3 A solitary woman watches the funeral pyre at Kibit Silimo
Documentary
New Guinea
A solitary woman watches the funeral pyre at Kibit Silimo
2006.12.1.31.4 A solitary woman watches the funeral pyre at Kibit Silimo
Documentary
New Guinea
Men tending to the haksé
2006.12.1.21.26 Men tending to the haksé
Documentary
New Guinea
Men begin to open the haksé
2006.12.1.21.28 Men begin to open the haksé
Documentary
New Guinea
Men sit around the steaming haksé
2006.12.1.21.15 Men sit around the steaming haksé
Documentary
New Guinea
Men lifting stones from a fire, to be put into the haksé
2006.12.1.21.3 Men lifting stones from a fire, to be put into the haksé
Documentary
New Guinea
Men covering the top of the haksé with hay
2006.12.1.21.11 Men covering the top of the haksé with hay
Documentary
New Guinea
A man works in his garden as his daughter watches
2006.12.1.36.1 A man works in his garden as his daughter watches
Documentary
New Guinea