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Object Number 2004.29.22783
Display Title Chief's house
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea / (British) / Kerepunu / -near Fort Moresby / Kerepana, chief's house" Verso: "Kerepana, chief's house / New Guinea"
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1920
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Kerepunu
Dimensions Overall: 19.685 × 14.605 cm (7 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
People in front of chief's spirehouse
2004.29.22784 People in front of chief's spirehouse
Kerepunu
Group in front of chief's house
2004.29.22770 Group in front of chief's house
British New Guinea
Chief's house
2004.29.22798 Chief's house
British New Guinea
Two chiefs, one with bow and arrow
2004.29.22565 Two chiefs, one with bow and arrow
Port Moresby
British New Guinea
News clipping showing a model of a chief's house
2004.29.3547 News clipping showing a model of a chief's house
British Columbia
People outside chief's thatched house
2004.29.22206 People outside chief's thatched house
Viti Levu
Chief's house; Gold Harbor
2004.29.3418 Chief's house; Gold Harbor
Graham Island
Chief's house with bird/fish painting
2004.29.3436 Chief's house with bird/fish painting
British Columbia
Chief's house, Raven's crest, newly assumed, winter 1916-1917
2004.29.3437 Chief's house, Raven's crest, newly assumed, winter 1916-1917
Gwaestums
General view, Tskish crest on chief's house
2004.29.3442 General view, Tskish crest on chief's house
Gwaestums
Men repairing a kiva in Cliff Palace, with Speaker Chief's house in background
2004.29.636 Men repairing a kiva in Cliff Palace, with Speaker Chief's house in background
Cliff Palace
Cliff Palace ruins looking south from speaker Chief's house
2004.29.635 Cliff Palace ruins looking south from speaker Chief's house
Cliff Palace