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Object Number 2004.29.22647
Display Title Pile dwellings
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British)"
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1920
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 15.24 cm (3 1/2 × 6 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Canoe and pile dwellings
2004.29.22824 Canoe and pile dwellings
British New Guinea
Men standing around beached canoe, with pile dwellings in background
2004.29.22823 Men standing around beached canoe, with pile dwellings in background
British New Guinea
Pile dwellings
2004.29.22646 Pile dwellings
British New Guinea
Boats, with pile dwellings in background
2004.29.22644 Boats, with pile dwellings in background
British New Guinea
Group of women standing on beach, with pile dwellings in background
2004.29.22897 Group of women standing on beach, with pile dwellings in background
Port Moresby
Pile dwellings along the shoreline
2004.29.22420 Pile dwellings along the shoreline
Roon Island
Pile dwellings along the shoreline
2004.29.22418 Pile dwellings along the shoreline
Roon Island
Pile dwellings along the shoreline
2004.29.22419 Pile dwellings along the shoreline
Roon Island
Pile dwellings along the shoreline
2004.29.22417 Pile dwellings along the shoreline
Roon Island
View of bay, with pile dwellings
2004.29.22456 View of bay, with pile dwellings
New Guinea
Thatched, pointed pile dwellings along shore
2004.29.22461 Thatched, pointed pile dwellings along shore
New Guinea
Thatched, pointed pile dwellings along shore
2004.29.22462 Thatched, pointed pile dwellings along shore
New Guinea