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Object Number 2004.29.23303
Display Title Tree drums under Banyan tree on dancing ground
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Rano Island / Melanesia / Tree Drums Under Banyan Tree on Dancing Ground."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Vanuatu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Additional Geographic Terms Rano Island (off Malekula Isl.)
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 × 24.13 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

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