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Object Number 2004.29.23187
Display Title Men and boys inside a structure with a canoe
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides"; printed on board: "Division of Anthropology"; printed on photograph: "War canoe. N-Boli. 1898. Kerry Photo. Sydney."
Department Photographic
Date 1890-1917
Artist Kerry Photo of Sydney
Culture
  • Vanuatu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Additional Geographic Terms N-Boli
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)
Provenance
Collector Department of Anthropology, Harvard University

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