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Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.7
Display Title Fishing boat
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sio - Mandate territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / fishing boat"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1939
Artist Mr. William A. Robinson
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sio
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 13.97 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Children on the shore with fishing nets
39-22-70/10859.1.5 Children on the shore with fishing nets
New Guinea
Elder surrounded by children
39-22-70/10859.1.3 Elder surrounded by children
New Guinea
Group of women and toddlers
39-22-70/10859.1.2 Group of women and toddlers
New Guinea
Group of women
39-22-70/10859.1.1 Group of women
New Guinea
Small group by houses
39-22-70/10859.1.6 Small group by houses
New Guinea
School children
39-22-70/10859.1.8 School children
New Guinea
Group of women standing in front of palms
39-22-70/10859.1.4 Group of women standing in front of palms
New Guinea
Boat
39-22-70/10859.1.14 Boat
New Guinea
Boats
39-22-70/10859.1.16 Boats
New Guinea
Man holding garfish on fishing line
39-22-70/10859.1.108 Man holding garfish on fishing line
Sepik
Men fishing for garfish
39-22-70/10859.1.107 Men fishing for garfish
Sepik
Mission railroad
39-22-70/10859.1.13 Mission railroad
New Guinea