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People in canoes
Object Number 2004.29.22586
Display Title People in canoes
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British)" Verso: "British New Guinea / Gift of Alexander Agassiz 1899"
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1899
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 9.8425 × 14.9225 cm (3 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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