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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
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 × 9.9 cm (6 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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