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Object Number 2004.29.22734
Display Title Girls playing game on beach
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Papua / Collingwood Bay / Uaiku Village / Girls game. Jaki. Tossing sand balls so that they will / fall into the water and make a noise. Uiaku / Uiaku village. Collingwood Bay. Papua, British New Guinea. / Stetson Fund. June, 1911."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1911
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Uaiku Village, Collingwood Bay
Dimensions Overall: 14.9225 × 10.4775 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

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