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Object Number 2006.37.1.36.12
Display Title Wittaia burn victim with elaborate headdress
Descriptions
Object Description Eliot Elisofon negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; 30 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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Wittaia burn victim with elaborate headdress
2006.37.1.36.11 Wittaia burn victim with elaborate headdress
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia burn victim with elaborate headdress
2006.37.1.36.10 Wittaia burn victim with elaborate headdress
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia warrior
2006.37.1.36.26 Wittaia warrior
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia villagers
2006.37.1.36.19 Wittaia villagers
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia villagers
2006.37.1.36.20 Wittaia villagers
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia villagers
2006.37.1.36.17 Wittaia villagers
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia villagers
2006.37.1.36.18 Wittaia villagers
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia villagers
2006.37.1.36.15 Wittaia villagers
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia villagers
2006.37.1.36.16 Wittaia villagers
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia on shore
2006.37.1.36.2 Wittaia on shore
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia man crossing a bridge
2006.37.1.36.7 Wittaia man crossing a bridge
Documentary
New Guinea
Wittaia man crossing a bridge
2006.37.1.36.8 Wittaia man crossing a bridge
Documentary
New Guinea