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Object Number 2006.12.1.57.5
Display Title dead pig being dragged by many men
Descriptions
Object Description Michael Rockefeller negatives; Wam Kaneke #2; Tri X; 35 negatives
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 6/10/1961
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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men begin to take off the tails and ears of pigs
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dead pigs in a line
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New Guinea
men carrying pigs that have just been shot to be butchered
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Documentary
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