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Village, with harbor in background
Object Number 2004.29.23202
Display Title Village, with harbor in background
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Banks' group / Melanesia"; printed on photograph: "Dives Bay, Ureparapara, from Ligoro. Village - Banks Group. / 363 - Beattie - Hobart."
Department Photographic
Date 1906
Artist John Watt Beattie
Culture
  • Banks Island
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / Banks Group
Oceania / Vanuatu
Additional Geographic Terms Dives Bay, Ureparapara Island; Ligoro Village
Materials Collodion Printing-out Paper adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)

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