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Object Number 2006.37.1.37.8
Display Title Woman with thatch on her head
Descriptions
Object Description Eliot Elisofon negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; 32 negatives (#1 blank); 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
Bundles of thatch and the new hunu
2006.37.1.37.22 Bundles of thatch and the new hunu
Documentary
New Guinea
Little girls put thatch down in the sili
2006.37.1.37.13 Little girls put thatch down in the sili
Documentary
New Guinea
Women and children carrying bundles of thatch
2006.37.1.37.4 Women and children carrying bundles of thatch
Documentary
New Guinea
People approaching the hunu with thatch
2006.37.1.37.15 People approaching the hunu with thatch
Documentary
New Guinea
Apeori helps little girls take thatch through sili
2006.37.1.37.14 Apeori helps little girls take thatch through sili
Documentary
New Guinea
Woman with thatch on her head
2006.37.1.37.10 Woman with thatch on her head
Documentary
New Guinea
Woman with thatch on her head
2006.37.1.37.11 Woman with thatch on her head
Documentary
New Guinea
Woman with thatch on her head
2006.37.1.37.9 Woman with thatch on her head
Documentary
New Guinea
Ekapuwe carrying her baby
2006.37.1.30.9 Ekapuwe carrying her baby
Documentary
New Guinea
People approaching the hunu with thatch
2006.37.1.37.16 People approaching the hunu with thatch
Documentary
New Guinea
People approaching the hunu with thatch
2006.37.1.37.17 People approaching the hunu with thatch
Documentary
New Guinea
Girl in the doorway of the new hunu
2006.37.1.37.18 Girl in the doorway of the new hunu
Documentary
New Guinea