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Object Number
39-22-70/10859.1.138
Display Title
House on stilts
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / Malu house on high posts"
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 × 13.6525 cm (3 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Mr. William A. Robinson
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39-22-70/10859.1.87 | Carved log and ladder to hut on stilts |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.105 | Police boys in front of building on stilts with porch |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.136 | Interior of house |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.135 | House construction |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.141 | Interior of house, sleeping baskets |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.132 | House |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.131 | Family and house |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.134 | Houses and wooden structures on shore |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.146 | Group of men in front of trees |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.137 | Village viewed from above |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.133 | Government representative/interpreter with his three wives and children |
Sepik
| ||
| 39-22-70/10859.1.144 | Three wives and nursing child beside burial structure |
Sepik
|