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Object Number 2004.29.22172
Display Title People in a canoe
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Ellice Group [crossed out] / considered part of Fiji Islands / Rotamah / Rotuma / Rotomah (Ellice Group). Written on photograph: Canoe. Rotomah. 90. / Kerry Photo, Sydney. [Imprint on photograph of Kerry Photo's address and copyright.]
Department Photographic
Date 1890-1917
Artist Kerry Photo of Sydney
Culture
  • Fijian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Oceania / Tuvalu / <State> / Rotumah Island
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 15.24 cm (4 × 6 in.)

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