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Object Number
2004.29.22654
Display Title
Stone axes
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Guinea / New Guinea / 19. Stone Axe - Middle Ramu Valley. / 42. Stone Axe - Ramu River / 47. " " " " / 62. " " " " / papua N.G. / Rec'd from: / Dr. W. L. Moss. / Univ. Georgia / 1932."
Department
Photographic
Date
1928-1929
Artist
Dr. W. L. Moss
Culture
- New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Middle Ramu Valley; Ramu River
Dimensions
Overall: 11.43 × 8.255 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Dr. W. L. Moss
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.22657 | Tambu belt, dance mask and smoking pipe |
New Guinea
New Britain Ramu River | ||
| 2004.29.22662 | Dance emblem, ax and neck rest |
Sepik
Wuvulu Island Ramu River | ||
| 2004.29.22656 | Food dish |
Madang Province
| ||
| 2004.29.22655 | Food bowls and coconut oil bottle |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22649 | Sepik River table |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22651 | Dance emblem |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22658 | Pine apple club and disc club |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22652 | Dance ornament and headdress |
New Britain
Admirality islands | ||
| 2004.29.22659 | Bags and food ladle |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22650 | Woman's dress |
Admirality islands
| ||
| 2004.29.22653 | Hair combs and obsidian daggers |
Admirality islands
| ||
| 2004.29.22661 | Chief's emblem of office |
Wuvulu Island
|