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Object Number 2004.29.22767
Display Title Building on stilts with palm frond roofs
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Kabadi Village" Verso: "Kabadi Village British New Guinea / Gift of A. Agassiz / May 18, 1899."
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1899
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Kabadi
Dimensions Overall: 14.605 × 19.3675 cm (5 3/4 × 7 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz

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