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Object Number 2004.29.22772
Display Title Men walking towards bachelor house
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea / Upper Sepik River / Village of Kanganaman / Bachelor House. / Photo- W. L. Moss."
Department Photographic
Date 1928-1929
Artist Dr. W. L. Moss
Culture
  • Upper Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Sepik
Additional Geographic Terms Kanganaman
Dimensions Overall: 24.13 × 18.415 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)

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