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Object Number 2004.29.22581
Display Title Canoe ornaments
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British)" Printed on photograph: "Canoe ornaments from S.E. British New Guinea"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1920
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 13.6525 × 8.255 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

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