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Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.120
Display Title Mother and infant
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / Native mother / and new-born / babe. Kambinao"
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: 13.97 × 8.89 cm (5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Women, child, infant
39-22-70/10859.1.117 Women, child, infant
Sepik
Young mother and child
39-22-70/10859.1.165 Young mother and child
Tambonum
Stool, food dish, drums, shields, stool found in Haus Tambarans
39-22-70/10859.1.142 Stool, food dish, drums, shields, stool found in Haus Tambarans
Sepik
Man and Aibon pottery
39-22-70/10859.1.90 Man and Aibon pottery
Sepik
Men in long canoe
39-22-70/10859.1.89 Men in long canoe
Sepik
Man; women, children, and river in background
39-22-70/10859.1.95 Man; women, children, and river in background
Sepik
Women holding children, some nursing
39-22-70/10859.1.93 Women holding children, some nursing
Sepik
Men on riverbank beside outrigger canoe
39-22-70/10859.1.111 Men on riverbank beside outrigger canoe
Sepik
Group of men
39-22-70/10859.1.154 Group of men
Sepik
Policeman beside drum at haus Tambaran
39-22-70/10859.1.191 Policeman beside drum at haus Tambaran
Tambonum
Women and children
39-22-70/10859.1.176 Women and children
Tambonum
Line of people in front of building
39-22-70/10859.1.185 Line of people in front of building
Sepik