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Two men standing in front of a building
Two men standing in front of a building
Object Number 2004.29.23218
Display Title Two men standing in front of a building
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Banks Islands / New Hebrides / Mota"; printed on photograph: "Young men of Mota - Banks Group. / 320 - Beattie - Hobart."
Department Photographic
Date 1906
Artist John Watt Beattie
Culture
  • Banks Island
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu / Banks Group
Additional Geographic Terms Mota
Materials Collodion Printing-out Paper adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)

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