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Object Number 2004.29.22742
Display Title Coastal village, children on beach
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Papua / Collingwood Bay / Uaiku Village / Type of village, Coastal. Uiaku / Children on beach. / Uiaku Village, Collnigwood Bay. / Papua, British New Guinea. / Stetson Fund. June 1911."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1911
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Uaiku Village, Collingwood Bay
Dimensions Overall: 10.795 × 15.24 cm (4 1/4 × 6 in.)

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