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People around platform with carved columns
People around platform with carved columns
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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