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Object Number 2004.29.22678
Display Title Woman standing on raft with equipment for washing sago, people in canoe in background
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea / Keram River- Tributary to Lower Sepik / Village of Ambot. / Raft with Outfit for Washing Sago. / Photo- W. L. Moss- 1929."
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist Dr. W. L. Moss
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Sepik
Additional Geographic Terms Village of Ambot, Keram River - Tributary to Sepik River
Dimensions Overall: 18.7325 × 24.13 cm (7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

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