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Object Number 2004.29.22689
Display Title Bachelor house on stilts with people in front of it
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea / Lower Sepik River. / Village of Bien. / Bachelor House. / 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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