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Object Number 2004.29.22740
Display Title Men trim and shape canoe prow
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Papua / Collingwood Bay / Uaiku Village / The prow is then trimmed and shaped. Uiaku / Village of Uiaku, Collnigwood 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: 10.795 × 15.24 cm (4 1/4 × 6 in.)

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