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Object Number 2004.29.23454
Display Title Village of Ruapu
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Solomon Islands / Malaita"; printed on photograph: "In the village of Ruapu - Roas Bay - S. E. Malaita - Solomons. / 491 - Beattie - Hobart."
Department Photographic
Date 1906
Artist John Watt Beattie
Culture
  • Malaita
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Malaita Island
Additional Geographic Terms Ruapu, Roas Bay
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)

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Women of Roas
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