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Object Number 2004.29.23497
Display Title Young man of Roas
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Solomon Islands / Malaita Island / Melanesia"; printed on photograph: "Young man of Roas, S. E. Malaita - Solomons. / 504 - 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 Roas
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man of Roas
2004.29.23451 Man of Roas
Malaita Island
Three men of Roas
2004.29.23437 Three men of Roas
Malaita Island
Women of Roas
2004.29.23472 Women of Roas
Malaita Island
Man spearing fish in Roas Bay
2004.29.23452.1 Man spearing fish in Roas Bay
Malaita Island
Village of Ruapu
2004.29.23454 Village of Ruapu
Malaita Island
Village of Ruapu
2004.29.23473 Village of Ruapu
Malaita Island
Boy shooting with bow and arrow
2004.29.23435 Boy shooting with bow and arrow
Malaita Island
Chief's house at Ruapu
2004.29.23474 Chief's house at Ruapu
Malaita Island
David, chief at Roapu
2004.29.23396 David, chief at Roapu
Malaita Island
Group standing in front of house
2004.29.23449 Group standing in front of house
Malaita Island
View of Uru along shore from the southwest
2004.29.23496 View of Uru along shore from the southwest
Malaita Island
Chief at Bulalaka
2004.29.23433 Chief at Bulalaka
Malaita Island