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Outrigger canoes
Object Number 2004.29.23305
Display Title Outrigger canoes
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Rano Isl. (off Malekula Isl.) / Melanesia / Group of natives in out-rigger canoes. Many of the / canoes had carved figurhead lashed to the bows."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Vanuatu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Additional Geographic Terms Rano Island (off Malekula Isl.)
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 × 24.13 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

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