Studio portrait of a New Guinea man with items from various other cultures

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Object Number 2004.29.22324

Display Title Studio portrait of a New Guinea man with items from various other cultures

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / New Guinea / ??? / New Guinea Skirt- / Arawakan blowgun grimes / Congo musical instrument / New England rum"

Department Photographic

Date 1855-1910

Culture

Arawak
African
New Guinea
American

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Guinea

Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 21.2725 × 16.8275 cm (8 3/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Collector Alexander Agassiz

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
Image Not Available for Map showing languages, cultures, etc, in part of New Guinea (?)	65-41-70/163	Map showing languages, cultures, etc, in part of New Guinea (?)		Papua New Guinea Oceania
	2004.29.24811	Various carved items, including weapons		New Zealand
	2004.29.24812	Various carved items		New Zealand
	975-63-10/100113.1.17	People loading donkeys with various items		Zuni
	2006.17.1.101.19	Ritual items hanging in Wuperainma I	Documentary	New Guinea
	2006.17.1.101.18	Ritual items hanging in Wuperainma I	Documentary	New Guinea
	2006.17.1.101.17	Ritual items hanging in Wuperainma I	Documentary	New Guinea
	22-2-50/B3485.1	Medicine bundle, woven basket containing various divination items	Medicine bundle	Cameroon
	2004.29.7433	Carved stone celts and other items		Costa Rica
Image Not Available for Two carved combs and two other items	2001.29.12882	Two carved combs and two other items		Angola
	2004.24.6988D	Thatched dwelling or workshop, with guitar and other items		Chiapas
Image Not Available for Skerm with gourds and other items around it (print is a cropped image)	2001.29.29462	Skerm with gourds and other items around it (print is a cropped image)		Cuando Cubango

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