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Object Number 2004.29.22419
Display Title Pile dwellings along the shoreline
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (Dutch) / Roon Island. Geelvink Bay / Roon Island? Geelvink Bay. New Guinea. Thomas Barbour- 1906-7."
Department Photographic
Date 1906-1907
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea / <State> / Roon Island
Additional Geographic Terms Geelvink Bay
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 15.875 cm (4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. Thomas Barbour

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