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Object Number
2004.29.22688
Display Title
Two men wearing headdresses, standing in canoe
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Guinea / Lower Sepik River. / Village of Bien. / Men in Canoe Showing Hair Baskets. / Photo- W. L. Moss."
Department
Photographic
Date
1928-1929
Artist
Dr. W. L. Moss
Culture
- New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
Sepik
Additional Geographic Terms
Lower Sepik River, Village of Bien
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7325 × 24.13 cm (7 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.22789 | Men with egret plume headdresses |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22687 | Row of men standing outside in tapa loincloths, in front of thatched structures |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22686 | Row of men standing in profile outside, in front of thatched structures |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22685 | Row of women standing outside, in front of thatched structures |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22684 | Group of women and children standing outside, in front of thatched structure |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22683 | Row of women standing outside, in front of thatched structure |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22678 | Woman standing on raft with equipment for washing sago, people in canoe in background |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.24.31373 | Men in Canoe |
Photographic
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 2004.29.22689 | Bachelor house on stilts with people in front of it |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22791 | Men wearing sheaths of gourd and bamboo |
Sepik
| ||
| 2004.29.22750 | Westerner in front of outrigger canoe |
Derbaub
| ||
| 2004.29.22821 | Figurehead of canoe with small figure |
Sepik
|