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Thru the sili entrance: group of people who have just come
Thru the sili entrance: group of people who have just come
Object Number 2006.12.1.63.31
Display Title Thru the sili entrance: group of people who have just come
Descriptions
Object Description Michael Rockefeller negatives; Weake funeral #6; Tri X; 36 negatives
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
Thru the sili entrance: group of people who have just come
2006.12.1.63.30 Thru the sili entrance: group of people who have just come
Documentary
New Guinea
Backlit shot of people who have just come and are mourning
2006.12.1.63.34 Backlit shot of people who have just come and are mourning
Documentary
New Guinea
Backlit shot of people who have just come and are mourning
2006.12.1.63.33 Backlit shot of people who have just come and are mourning
Documentary
New Guinea
A group of people at the end of the sili; one child comes thru the entryway
2006.12.1.66.20 A group of people at the end of the sili; one child comes thru the entryway
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
Pig leaves a sili; man waves a sue lare; children come out of sili entrance
2006.12.1.111.7 Pig leaves a sili; man waves a sue lare; children come out of sili entrance
Documentary
New Guinea
Men being 'cleaned'; this is Sue samilek; feather is being brushed over the hands of men who have something to do with this dead body
2006.12.1.62.15 Men being 'cleaned'; this is Sue samilek; feather is being brushed over the hands of men who have something to do with this dead body
Documentary
New Guinea
Men being 'cleaned'; this is Sue samilek; feather is being brushed over the hands of men who have something to do with this dead body
2006.12.1.62.14 Men being 'cleaned'; this is Sue samilek; feather is being brushed over the hands of men who have something to do with this dead body
Documentary
New Guinea
Men being 'cleaned'; this is Sue samilek; feather is being brushed over the hands of men who have something to do with this dead body
2006.12.1.62.13 Men being 'cleaned'; this is Sue samilek; feather is being brushed over the hands of men who have something to do with this dead body
Documentary
New Guinea
People entering the sili to go to the funeral
2006.12.1.63.32 People entering the sili to go to the funeral
Documentary
New Guinea
Women's group and boys carring ferns thru it
2006.12.1.63.20 Women's group and boys carring ferns thru it
Documentary
New Guinea
Men have arrived and are mourning; women's group in left middle ground
2006.12.1.63.27 Men have arrived and are mourning; women's group in left middle ground
Documentary
New Guinea