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Object Number 2004.29.23509
Display Title Man standing next to rock wall in the village of Matema
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Santa Cruz Is. / one of the Solomon Islands / (Reef Group) / Matema"; printed on photograph: "In the village, Matema, - Reef Group. / 430 - Beattie - Hobart."
Department Photographic
Date 1906
Artist John Watt Beattie
Culture
  • Polynesian
  • Santa Cruz Island
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Santa Cruz Island
Additional Geographic Terms Matema, Santa Cruz Islands
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)

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Man standing next to protective stone walls at Matema
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2004.29.23511 Group of women and children in front of stone wall at Matema
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2004.29.23522.3 Children in front of rock wall at Nukapu
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2004.29.23522.2 Group of boys in front of rock wall at Nukapu
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2004.29.23516 Canoes at Pileni
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2004.29.23515 Men of Nukapu
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Women of Nukapu
2004.29.23514 Women of Nukapu
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Men and children in front of outrigger canoe on beach at Nukapu
2004.29.23512 Men and children in front of outrigger canoe on beach at Nukapu
Santa Cruz Island