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Object Number 2004.29.21648
Display Title Studio Portrait of Port Essende Chief with Ritual Scarification and White Ochre Body Paint
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Australia Kerry Co Photo; 308 Geo St. Sydney; Copyright Port Essende Chief. 63. Kerry Photo. Sydney Division of Anthropology Harvard University
Department Photographic
Date 1890-1917
Artist Kerry Photo of Sydney
Culture
  • Aborigine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 × 9.9 cm (6 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1

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