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Object Number 2004.29.23158
Display Title Rows of houses with dancing ground between
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Papua / Collingwood Bay / Wanigela Village / Waingera - / Note rows of houses and dancing ground between. / Native life in Collingwood Bay. Papua British New Guinea. / Stetson Fund, 1913."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1913
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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