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The women in very depressed spirits near the funeral pyre with the haki tree trunks on which Yonokma rested dead the night before
The women in very depressed spirits near the funeral pyre with the haki tree trunks on which Yonokma rested dead the night before
Object Number 2006.16.1.15.5
Display Title The women in very depressed spirits near the funeral pyre with the haki tree trunks on which Yonokma rested dead the night before
Descriptions
Object Description Robert Gardner negative taken during Harvard Peabody New Guinea Expedition; Wakun #1; Plus X; over the head of Tukom towards a woman who is grieving deeply
Classification
  • Documentary
Department Photographic
Date 7/6/1961
Artist Robert G. Gardner
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Gardner
Provenance
Donor Robert G. Gardner

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