Men beside platform for corpses

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Object Number 2004.29.22764

Display Title Men beside platform for corpses

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: "Bertha Lagoon" Verso: "Platform for dead bodies - Bertha Lagoon"

Department Photographic

Date 1855-1920

Culture

New Guinea

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / British New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Gariki Bertha Lagoon

Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 19.3675 × 14.605 cm (7 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	2004.29.22765	Men beside platform for corpses		British New Guinea
	2004.29.22763	People on boats		British New Guinea
Image Not Available for Ricketson, Oliver G. Jr. Papers 1919-1946 - subset	999-33-10/#####A	Ricketson, Oliver G. Jr. Papers 1919-1946 - subset	Documentary	United States
Media Restricted	2006.18.1.52.6	Husuk bends over to lift up the head of the dead Asukpalek man; line of people stand in background; Coleman lamp blazes beside the corpse	Documentary	New Guinea
Media Restricted	2004.29.22582	Corpse		British New Guinea
	2006.2.217	Bertha and Leonella Hamblin, Sisters of Mrs. E. H. Thompson
	991-13-10/60913	Ceramic Ladle	Ladle	Arizona
Media Restricted	2006.18.1.52.8	Husuk bends over to lift up the head of the dead Asukpalek man; line of people stand in background; Coleman lamp blazes beside the corpse	Documentary	New Guinea
Media Restricted	2006.18.1.52.9	Husuk bends over to lift up the head of the dead Asukpalek man; line of people stand in background; Coleman lamp blazes beside the corpse	Documentary	New Guinea
Media Restricted	2006.18.1.52.7	Husuk bends over to lift up the head of the dead Asukpalek man; line of people stand in background; Coleman lamp blazes beside the corpse	Documentary	New Guinea
Media Restricted	2004.29.22597	Man sitting with corpse		British New Guinea
Media Restricted	2004.29.22881	Group of men and boys in front of bachelor house		Nyourangai Sepik

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