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Object Number 2004.29.21724
Display Title Studio portrait of an Aboriginal Woman of Queensland, Ritual Scarification on her Arms and Abdomen
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Australia. Queensland; Henry King Photo, Sydney (verso) Queensland Aborigine; Gift of A. Agassiz; May 18, 1899
Department Photographic
Artist Henry King
Culture
  • Aborigine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland
Dimensions Overall: 10 × 14.4 cm (3 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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