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Object Number 2004.29.23521
Display Title Dancing ground and gamal at Pileni
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Santa Cruz Is. / Solomon Islands / (Reef Group) / Pileni"; printed on photograph: "Gamal & dancing ground, Pileni. Reef Group. / 438. Beattie - Hobart."
Department Photographic
Date 1906
Artist John Watt Beattie
Culture
  • Solomon Island
  • Polynesian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms Pileni, Reef Islands
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)

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