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Object Number 2004.29.23384
Display Title Sacrificial altar at Pago Pago
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Solomon Islands / Savo and Guadalcanal"; printed on photograph: "A sacrificial altar, Pago Pago - Savo - Solomons / 649 - Beattie - Hobart."
Department Photographic
Date 1906
Artist John Watt Beattie
Culture
  • Solomon Island
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms Pago Pago, Savo Island
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)

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