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Object Number 967-12-70/10878.1.12
Display Title Inter-village yam distribution
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malakula Island / Big Namba village Mraway / Inter-village yam distribution"
Department Photographic
Date June, 1966
Artist Kalman Muller
Culture
  • Malekula
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malakula Island
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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Man sitting inside small village hut
967-12-70/10878.1.21 Man sitting inside small village hut
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
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
Pigs being dragged off ceremonial ground
967-12-70/10878.1.7 Pigs being dragged off ceremonial ground
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Ceremonial procession prior to pig sacrifice
967-12-70/10878.1.6 Ceremonial procession prior to 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
Man drinking kava inside men's hut
967-12-70/10878.1.10 Man drinking kava inside men's hut
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Two women in front of hut
967-12-70/10878.1.13 Two women in front of hut
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man delousing his grandson
967-12-70/10878.1.15 Man delousing his grandson
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Boy asleep in food storage bin
967-12-70/10878.1.14 Boy asleep in food storage bin
Malakula Island
Vanuatu