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Girl carrying ceramic pot
Object Number 2004.29.22906
Display Title Girl carrying ceramic pot
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Samari / British New Guinea / Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1899"; printed on photograph: "Samari Girl. N.G. (9) / Kerry, Photo. Sydney."
Department Photographic
Date 1890-1899
Artist Kerry Photo of Sydney
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Samari
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.335 × 10.16 cm (5 1/4 × 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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