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Object Number 2004.29.23300
Display Title Wooden image on dancing ground
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Rano Isl. (off Malekula Isl.) / Melanesia / Wooden image on dancing ground."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Vanuatu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Additional Geographic Terms Rano Island (off Malekula Isl.)
Dimensions Overall: 24.13 × 19.05 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)

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