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Object Number 2004.29.23510
Display Title Man standing next to protective stone walls at Matema
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Santa Cruz Is. / one of the Solomon Islands / (Reef Group) / Matema"; printed on photograph: "Protective stone walls at Matema - Reef Group - / 431 - 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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