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Object Number 2004.29.23221
Display Title Village scene
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Banks Islands / New Hebrides / Mota"; printed on photograph: "Village sceneat Mota - Banks group / 314-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 Mota
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)

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Village
2004.29.23219 Village
Vanuatu
Banks Group
Two men standing in front of a building
2004.29.23218 Two men standing in front of a building
Vanuatu
Banks Group
Group on landing rock
2004.29.23220 Group on landing rock
Vanuatu
Banks Group
Village
2004.29.23200 Village
Banks Group
Vanuatu
Lower village at Merelava
2004.29.23207 Lower village at Merelava
Vanuatu
Banks Group
Village of Nerinignam
2004.29.23213 Village of Nerinignam
Vanuatu
Banks Group
Village of Vipaka
2004.29.23318 Village of Vipaka
Vanuatu
Village, with harbor in background
2004.29.23202 Village, with harbor in background
Banks Group
Vanuatu
Man, woman and child in front of house
2004.29.23211 Man, woman and child in front of house
Banks Group
Vanuatu
Yam gardens at Merelava
2004.29.23198 Yam gardens at Merelava
Vanuatu
Banks Group
Priest's house
2004.29.23201 Priest's house
Banks Group
Vanuatu
Women of Merelava
2004.29.23209 Women of Merelava
Vanuatu