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Object Number 2004.29.22338
Display Title Men in front of house on stilts
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea" Verso: "Native House. New Guinea"
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1920
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 14.605 × 19.685 cm (5 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

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