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Man eating beside basket
Object Number 2004.29.22348
Display Title Man eating beside basket
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea / Melanesia / New Gunea Man." Printed on photograph: "A. F. Deeds / Photographer / Premier Studio. / Highest awards.--Prize medal, Herbeton, 1893. / Prize medal and Diploma, / Cooktown, 1895."
Department Photographic
Date 1864-1893
Artist Augustus Francis Deede
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Materials Albumen print on Cabinet card adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.335 × 20.6375 cm (5 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

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