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Object Number
39-22-70/10859.1.71
Display Title
Front of outrigger canoe, decorated with kula shells
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Melanesia / Trobriand and Marshall Bennett Islands- Papua, New Guinea / 39-22 / Front of big outrigger canoe showing elaborate / trimming and decoration"
Department
Photographic
Date
1885-1939
Artist
Mr. William A. Robinson
Culture
- New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
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Trobriand
Additional Geographic Terms
Trobriand and Marshall Bennett Islands
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 × 13.97 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Mr. William A. Robinson
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