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Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.107
Display Title Men fishing for garfish
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / Fishing for gar fish"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1939
Artist Mr. William A. Robinson
Culture
  • Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Sepik
Additional Geographic Terms Mandate Territory
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 13.335 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man holding garfish on fishing line
39-22-70/10859.1.108 Man holding garfish on fishing line
Sepik
Man using teeth to remove gar fish from line
39-22-70/10859.1.110 Man using teeth to remove gar fish from line
Sepik
Group of men in front of trees
39-22-70/10859.1.146 Group of men in front of trees
Sepik
Men in long canoe
39-22-70/10859.1.89 Men in long canoe
Sepik
Men in long canoe
39-22-70/10859.1.91 Men in long canoe
Sepik
Line of men
39-22-70/10859.1.98 Line of men
Sepik
Line of men
39-22-70/10859.1.97 Line of men
Sepik
Men and child in front of thatched structure
39-22-70/10859.1.99 Men and child in front of thatched structure
Sepik
Men in small canoe
39-22-70/10859.1.92 Men in small canoe
Sepik
Men and child seated on ground, building in background
39-22-70/10859.1.102 Men and child seated on ground, building in background
Sepik
Men and child standing in a line
39-22-70/10859.1.100 Men and child standing in a line
Sepik
Men on riverbank beside outrigger canoe
39-22-70/10859.1.111 Men on riverbank beside outrigger canoe
Sepik