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Object Number 967-12-70/10878.1.11
Display Title Man climbing tree to retrieve coconuts
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malakula Island / Big Namba village Mraway / Usually the cocoanuts are knocked off / with poles, but because the tree is / tall, the man must climb for them"
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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Pigs being dragged off ceremonial ground
967-12-70/10878.1.7 Pigs being dragged off ceremonial ground
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Dances associated with Nimangki (men's society)
967-12-70/10878.1.3 Dances associated with Nimangki (men's society)
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man with face painted for ceremonies
967-12-70/10878.1.2 Man with face painted for ceremonies
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man in dance regalia
967-12-70/10878.1.1 Man in dance regalia
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Group of men in a semi-hypnotic trance during Nimangki dances
967-12-70/10878.1.4 Group of men in a semi-hypnotic trance during Nimangki dances
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Ceremonial procession prior to pig sacrifice
967-12-70/10878.1.6 Ceremonial procession prior to pig sacrifice
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
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
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Carved ceremonial clubs for pig sacrifice
967-12-70/10878.1.8 Carved ceremonial clubs for pig sacrifice
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man drinking kava inside men's hut
967-12-70/10878.1.10 Man drinking kava inside men's hut
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Man carving bamboo comb
967-12-70/10878.1.9 Man carving bamboo comb
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Two women in front of hut
967-12-70/10878.1.13 Two women in front of hut
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Inter-village yam distribution
967-12-70/10878.1.12 Inter-village yam distribution
Malakula Island
Vanuatu