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Object Number 967-12-70/10878.1.7
Display Title Pigs being dragged off ceremonial ground
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malakula Island / Big Namba village Mraway / Pigs being dragged off of ceriomonial ground because they can't be butchard there"
Department Photographic
Date June, 1966
Artist Kalman Muller
Culture
  • Malekula
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malakula Island
Oceania / Vanuatu
Additional Geographic Terms Big Namba village of Mraway
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 × 12.7 cm (5 × 5 in.)
Provenance
Seller Kalman Muller

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Ceremonial clubs for pig sacrifice and grounds with pigs on display
967-12-70/10878.1.5 Ceremonial clubs for pig sacrifice and grounds with pigs on display
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Ceremonial procession prior to pig sacrifice
967-12-70/10878.1.6 Ceremonial procession prior to pig sacrifice
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Carved ceremonial clubs for pig sacrifice
967-12-70/10878.1.8 Carved ceremonial clubs for pig sacrifice
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man climbing tree to retrieve coconuts
967-12-70/10878.1.11 Man climbing tree to retrieve coconuts
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Men's huts and ceremonial grounds
967-12-70/10878.1.18 Men's huts and ceremonial grounds
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Men and drums at one end of ceremonial grounds
967-12-70/10878.1.17 Men and drums at one end of ceremonial grounds
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Drums at one end of ceremonial grounds
967-12-70/10878.1.16 Drums at one end of ceremonial grounds
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Inter-village yam distribution
967-12-70/10878.1.12 Inter-village yam distribution
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man sitting inside small village hut
967-12-70/10878.1.21 Man sitting inside small village hut
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Abandoned hut with carved fern projection
967-12-70/10878.1.22 Abandoned hut with carved fern projection
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Making a penis sheath
967-12-70/10878.1.26 Making a penis sheath
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Making a penis sheath
967-12-70/10878.1.25 Making a penis sheath
Vanuatu
Malakula Island