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Object Number 2004.29.23149
Display Title Friends lamenting with prospective brides
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Papua / Collingwood Bay / Wanigela Village. / Marriage cusoms - friends lamenting with prospective / brides. / Village of Wanigera - Collingwood Bay. / Papua, British New Guinea, Stetson Fund, 1911."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1911
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Wanigela Village, Collingwood Bay
Dimensions Overall: 10.795 × 15.24 cm (4 1/4 × 6 in.)

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