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Object Number
2004.29.23117
Display Title
Men making a head rest and a sago mallet
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Collingwood Bay / Wanegela Village / Men making a head rest and a sago mallet. / Collingwood Bay. Papua-Brit. New Guinea. Stetson Fund - - 1911."
Department
Photographic
Date
1885-1911
Culture
- New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
British New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Wanegela Village, Collingwood Bay
Dimensions
Overall: 10.795 × 15.24 cm (4 1/4 × 6 in.)
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| 2004.29.23115 | Men making a spear and a head rest |
British New Guinea
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| 2004.29.23116 | Man making a spear |
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British New Guinea
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British New Guinea
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British New Guinea
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British New Guinea
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Oro Province
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| 2004.29.23135 | Man making a section of a big net |
British New Guinea
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| 2004.29.23134 | Man preparing fiber for net making |
British New Guinea
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| 2004.29.23143 | Men slaking lime and woman beating tappa |
British New Guinea
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| 2004.29.23164 | Men carrying new big net to go fishing |
British New Guinea
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| 2004.29.23113 | Shaving a married woman's head |
British New Guinea
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