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Object Number
2004.29.22776
Display Title
People around platform with carved columns
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Kapa Kapa / Southern Motu district." Printed on photograph: "Village Platform, Kapakapa, New Guinea." Verso: "Gift of A. Agassiz / May 18, 1899 / British New Guinea / Dubu / Taboo on Sacred platform / where women dance / Kapa Kapa, Southern Motu dist"
Department
Photographic
Date
1855-1899
Culture
- Motu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
British New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Gabagaba
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 9.525 × 14.9225 cm (3 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.29.22775 | People around platform with carved columns |
New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22553 | Portrait of two boys |
Port Moresby
British New Guinea | ||
| 2004.29.22550 | Three women tattooed and adorned with ornaments |
Port Moresby
British New Guinea | ||
| 2004.29.22640 | Group clustered around a platform |
British New Guinea
Kapakapa | ||
| 2004.29.22559 | Portrait of two women |
British New Guinea
Port Moresby | ||
| 2004.29.22549 | Three men standing in front of a tree |
Port Moresby
British New Guinea | ||
| 2004.29.22554 | Main street of fishing village |
Port Moresby
British New Guinea | ||
| 2004.29.22548 | Three women with tattoos |
British New Guinea
Port Moresby | ||
| 2004.29.22546 | Shoreline, with houses on piling situated in water and canoes in foreground |
Port Moresby
British New Guinea | ||
| 2004.29.22561 | Portrait of two men |
Port Moresby
British New Guinea | ||
| 2004.29.22563 | Portrait of two boys |
British New Guinea
Port Moresby | ||
| 2004.29.22765 | Men beside platform for corpses |
British New Guinea
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