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Object Number
2006.16.1.12.25
Display Title
Yegé Asuk creating a structure to help cure Loliluk's ill wife
Descriptions
Object Description
Yegé Asuk is constructing the sort of tri-pod onto which the sick woman will climb; Robert Gardner negatives taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; curing ceremony; Loliluk's wife; 33 negatives; Tri X
Classification
- Documentary
Department
Photographic
Date
6/29/1961
Artist
Robert G. Gardner
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Materials
Photograph
Dimensions
Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Gardner
Provenance
Donor
Robert G. Gardner
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