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Object Number 36-109-70/10868.1.56
Display Title Group of men feasting on kava
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Solomon Islands / Melanesia / 36-109 / Feast - Kava"
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1913
Culture
  • Solomon Island
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Dimensions Overall: 13.335 × 19.685 cm (5 1/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. Charles Henry Hawes

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Kava making
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Studio portrait of a man wearing beads and feathers
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