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Object Number 2004.29.22674
Display Title Man with feathered headdress
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea / Keram River - Tributary to Lower Sepik / Village of Ambot / Feathered Head dress for Ceremonial Dance / Photo- W.L. Moss - 1929"
Department Photographic
Date 1928-1929
Artist Dr. W. L. Moss
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Village of Ambot, Keram River - Tributary to Sepik River
Dimensions Overall: 24.13 × 19.05 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)

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