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Feasting stage admist buildings on stilts with thatched roofs
Feasting stage admist buildings on stilts with thatched roofs
Object Number 2004.29.22591
Display Title Feasting stage admist buildings on stilts with thatched roofs
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British)" Verso: "Feasting Stage British New Guinea / Gift of A. Agassiz / May 18, 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: 14.605 × 19.685 cm (5 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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