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Object Number 2006.37.1.2.26
Display Title Peter Matthiessen and children
Descriptions
Object Description Eliot Elisofon negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; 31 negatives; 35mm Kodak Plus X Pan Film/Kodak Safety Film
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 1961
Artist Mr. Eliot Elisofon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Materials Negative
Credit Line Gift of Jill and Elin Elisofon
Provenance
Donor Elin Elisofon

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Gardner, Matthiessen and Dani children
2006.37.1.9.31 Gardner, Matthiessen and Dani children
Documentary
New Guinea
Children swimming in the Aikhe
2006.37.1.2.25 Children swimming in the Aikhe
Documentary
New Guinea
Women running around Matthiessen
2006.37.1.15.27 Women running around Matthiessen
Documentary
New Guinea
Gardner and Matthiessen adjusting cormorants
2006.37.1.9.13 Gardner and Matthiessen adjusting cormorants
Documentary
New Guinea
Eliot Elisofon's departure from Homoak in a boat
2006.37.1.46.2 Eliot Elisofon's departure from Homoak in a boat
Documentary
New Guinea
Women running around Matthiessen
2006.37.1.15.29 Women running around Matthiessen
Documentary
New Guinea
Gardner and Matthiessen adjusting cormorants
2006.37.1.9.14 Gardner and Matthiessen adjusting cormorants
Documentary
New Guinea
Cormorant nestlings
2006.37.1.9.1 Cormorant nestlings
Documentary
New Guinea
Bird flying off the river
2006.37.1.9.27 Bird flying off the river
Documentary
New Guinea
The Aikhé River
2006.37.1.35.10 The Aikhé River
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia crossing the Aikhé River
2006.37.1.35.3 Wittaia crossing the Aikhé River
Documentary
New Guinea
Itlai and children in eating fly
2006.37.1.34.9 Itlai and children in eating fly
Documentary
New Guinea