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Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.134
Display Title Houses and wooden structures on shore
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / Malu"
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
House
39-22-70/10859.1.132 House
Sepik
Family and house
39-22-70/10859.1.131 Family and house
Sepik
Interior of house
39-22-70/10859.1.136 Interior of house
Sepik
House construction
39-22-70/10859.1.135 House construction
Sepik
Interior of house, sleeping baskets
39-22-70/10859.1.141 Interior of house, sleeping baskets
Sepik
House on stilts
39-22-70/10859.1.138 House on stilts
Sepik
Three wives and nursing child beside burial structure
39-22-70/10859.1.144 Three wives and nursing child beside burial structure
Sepik
Group of men in front of trees
39-22-70/10859.1.146 Group of men in front of trees
Sepik
Village viewed from above
39-22-70/10859.1.137 Village viewed from above
Sepik
Government representative/interpreter with his three wives and children
39-22-70/10859.1.133 Government representative/interpreter with his three wives and children
Sepik
Men and children under roof
39-22-70/10859.1.143 Men and children under roof
Sepik
Drums
39-22-70/10859.1.139 Drums
Sepik