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Three women, man and child with idol drum
Three women, man and child with idol drum
Object Number 2004.29.23194
Display Title Three women, man and child with idol drum
Descriptions
Object Description Copy print. Written on board: "New Hebrides / Ambrym"; typed on label in photograph: "Idol Drum, Men and Women. / Ambrim. / S. Sinclair."; written on photograph: "1655 / New Hebrides"
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1894
Artist Sutherland Sinclair
Culture
  • Ambrym
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Ambrym Island
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.955 × 15.875 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector Dr. Roland Burrage Dixon

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