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A woman taking ashes off of hiperi by her fire in the hunu
A woman taking ashes off of hiperi by her fire in the hunu
Object Number 2006.12.1.109.24
Display Title A woman taking ashes off of hiperi by her fire in the hunu
Descriptions
Object Description Michael Rockefeller negatives; Lokoparek honai; Tri X; 400 ASA; 31 negatives
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 8/24/1961-8/26/1961
Artist Michael Clark Rockefeller
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Materials Negative, black and white
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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A woman taking ashes off of hiperi by her fire in the hunu
2006.12.1.109.25 A woman taking ashes off of hiperi by her fire in the hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
A man inside of a hunu eating some hiperi
2006.12.1.108.30 A man inside of a hunu eating some hiperi
Documentary
New Guinea
A woman knitting in hunu, string in her mouth
2006.12.1.109.29 A woman knitting in hunu, string in her mouth
Documentary
New Guinea
Molaré picking Weaké's bones out of the ashes of his fire
2006.12.1.55.14 Molaré picking Weaké's bones out of the ashes of his fire
Documentary
New Guinea
Children, Mother and children: !U sitting by the ashes of her fire, a child standing against her, with a person standing next to her skerm in the background
2001.29.2840 Children, Mother and children: !U sitting by the ashes of her fire, a child standing against her, with a person standing next to her skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Eating: Di!ai using a tortoise shell to clear ashes from her fire
2001.29.2994 Food, Eating: Di!ai using a tortoise shell to clear ashes from her fire
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children and women; against the hunu; one of the little girls who had her finger chopped off is there
2006.12.1.66.19 Children and women; against the hunu; one of the little girls who had her finger chopped off is there
Documentary
New Guinea
A woman and 2 children sitting by a fire in the hunu at Lokoparek
2006.12.1.112.11 A woman and 2 children sitting by a fire in the hunu at Lokoparek
Documentary
New Guinea
Ceremony, Choa: Group of people participating in a choa ceremony, including N!ai (/Naoka's sister, second wife of /Ti!kay) with her son Gao in the foreground, /Naoka (wife of /Ti!kay), Bau (/Naoka's daughter), and /Naoka (sister of /Naoka's mother, /Goishay), with Khokove using a fire paddle to cover tsi with ashes and a man working on an animal skin
2001.29.1336 Ceremony, Choa: Group of people participating in a choa ceremony, including N!ai (/Naoka's sister, second wife of /Ti!kay) with her son Gao in the foreground, /Naoka (wife of /Ti!kay), Bau (/Naoka's daughter), and /Naoka (sister of /Naoka's mother, /Goishay), with Khokove using a fire paddle to cover tsi with ashes and a man working on an animal skin
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children talk to each other in hunu
2006.12.1.109.8 Children talk to each other in hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Group of kids in hunu at night
2006.12.1.109.11 Group of kids in hunu at night
Documentary
New Guinea
Children crouched inside the hunu at night
2006.12.1.109.4 Children crouched inside the hunu at night
Documentary
New Guinea