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Object Number
2006.12.1.58.29
Display Title
cowrie shell is given to the person
Descriptions
Object Description
Michael Rockefeller negatives; Weake funeral #1; Tri X; 36 negatives, -1-34
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006.12.1.58.30 | cowrie shell is given to the person |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.12.1.58.27 | cowrie shell is lifted up and looked at |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.12.1.58.28 | Wereklowe holds up a cowrie shell |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.12.1.58.31 | Wereklowe holds up a cowrie shell |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.12.1.58.33 | Wereklowe holds up a cowrie shell |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.12.1.58.32 | Wereklowe holds up a cowrie shell |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.12.1.65.35 | A man with a cowrie shell |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.12.1.58.20 | People mourning |
Documentary
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 2006.12.1.58.21 | Woman grieving |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 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
| |
| 2006.12.1.27.5 | Men looking at cowrie shell strands at Ekiarotmilek's funeral |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
| |
| 2006.12.1.58.2 | Weaké's funeral; Molaré standing; pia |
Documentary
|
New Guinea
|