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Object Number 2006.12.1.98.5
Display Title Quite good portrait of Nilik
Descriptions
Object Description Michael Rockefeller negatives; murder on Liberek; Plus X; 80 ASA; 33 negatives
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 8/26/1961
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Nilik and Polik watch; where 2 women were fighting
2006.12.1.98.22 Nilik and Polik watch; where 2 women were fighting
Documentary
New Guinea
Portrait of Nilik smoking a cigarette
2006.12.1.19.6 Portrait of Nilik smoking a cigarette
Documentary
New Guinea
Nilik, Haliolé and a little child in white kara kara at an Etai
2006.12.1.100.1 Nilik, Haliolé and a little child in white kara kara at an Etai
Documentary
New Guinea
Women dancing; one idiot man also dancing in the women's group; quite rare at this particular kind of an etai
2006.12.1.99.19 Women dancing; one idiot man also dancing in the women's group; quite rare at this particular kind of an etai
Documentary
New Guinea
Portrait of a girl
2006.12.1.98.28 Portrait of a girl
Documentary
New Guinea
Men watching in the direction of the war; Nilik is there
2006.12.1.42.5 Men watching in the direction of the war; Nilik is there
Documentary
New Guinea
Portrait of a man
2006.12.1.98.2 Portrait of a man
Documentary
New Guinea
Head and shoulders image of Nilik standing in a sili
2006.12.1.9.18 Head and shoulders image of Nilik standing in a sili
Documentary
New Guinea
Profile of a man
2006.12.1.98.1 Profile of a man
Documentary
New Guinea
Women dancing; one idiot man also dancing in the women's group; quite rare at this particular kind of an etai
2006.12.1.99.20 Women dancing; one idiot man also dancing in the women's group; quite rare at this particular kind of an etai
Documentary
New Guinea
3 or 4 women singled out; circling at Etai on the Liberek
2006.12.1.98.17 3 or 4 women singled out; circling at Etai on the Liberek
Documentary
New Guinea
3 warriors with spears running on the Liberek during Etai; women's group behind; Siobara beyond them
2006.12.1.98.25 3 warriors with spears running on the Liberek during Etai; women's group behind; Siobara beyond them
Documentary
New Guinea