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Weake being draped with cowrie
Weake being draped with cowrie
Object Number 2006.12.1.53.4
Display Title Weake being draped with cowrie
Descriptions
Object Description Michael Rockefeller negatives; Weake wakun; Plus X; 80 ASA; 35 negatives, 0-36, 1 blank
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 6/11/1961
Artist Michael Clark Rockefeller
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Materials Negative, 35mm
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
Weake being draped with cowrie
2006.12.1.53.5 Weake being draped with cowrie
Documentary
New Guinea
Waeke being draped with cowrie
2006.12.1.53.6 Waeke being draped with cowrie
Documentary
New Guinea
Waeke being draped with cowrie
2006.12.1.53.8 Waeke being draped with cowrie
Documentary
New Guinea
In Halole's sili beginning of Weake's funeral; men have come to place the nyeraken aré on the little boy and stand ready to drape the child with cowrie strings
2006.12.1.53.1 In Halole's sili beginning of Weake's funeral; men have come to place the nyeraken aré on the little boy and stand ready to drape the child with cowrie strings
Documentary
New Guinea
Molaré standing out in front of Weaké
2006.12.1.53.32 Molaré standing out in front of Weaké
Documentary
New Guinea
Beginning of Weake's funeral
2006.12.1.53.2 Beginning of Weake's funeral
Documentary
New Guinea
Beginning of Weake's funeral
2006.12.1.53.3 Beginning of Weake's funeral
Documentary
New Guinea
Blank frame
2006.12.1.53.11 Blank frame
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
Funeral for ambushed child
2006.12.1.53.9 Funeral for ambushed child
Documentary
Papua New Guinea
A man arranges something on Weaké; over heads of women; fixing cowrie shells
2006.15.1.29.2 A man arranges something on Weaké; over heads of women; fixing cowrie shells
Documentary
New Guinea
Weake is being brought to some banana leaves on which he will be laid
2006.12.1.58.36 Weake is being brought to some banana leaves on which he will be laid
Documentary
New Guinea
Okal in back of the sili in the banana trees near the waroleget; one of the boys who was with Weake
2006.12.1.66.8 Okal in back of the sili in the banana trees near the waroleget; one of the boys who was with Weake
Documentary
New Guinea