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Westerners and native police
Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.157
Display Title Westerners and native police
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / (Above, l.) Inspection. / Tambonum"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1939
Artist Mr. William A. Robinson
Culture
  • Sepik
  • Tambanum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Tambonum
Additional Geographic Terms Mandate Territory
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 13.97 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Natives standing in lines, two Westerners, building
39-22-70/10859.1.195 Natives standing in lines, two Westerners, building
Sepik
Native and Westerner
39-22-70/10859.1.118 Native and Westerner
Sepik
Western men, native police, and group of natives gathered around tobacco
39-22-70/10859.1.198 Western men, native police, and group of natives gathered around tobacco
Sepik
Men in conference
39-22-70/10859.1.173 Men in conference
Tambonum
Police boys in front of building on stilts with porch
39-22-70/10859.1.105 Police boys in front of building on stilts with porch
Sepik
Police boys, view from behind
39-22-70/10859.1.103 Police boys, view from behind
Sepik
Policeman with gun beside grave of police boy
39-22-70/10859.1.184 Policeman with gun beside grave of police boy
Sepik
Young mother and child
39-22-70/10859.1.165 Young mother and child
Tambonum
Man
39-22-70/10859.1.163 Man
Tambonum
Man with face paint
39-22-70/10859.1.161 Man with face paint
Tambonum
Policeman beside drum at haus Tambaran
39-22-70/10859.1.191 Policeman beside drum at haus Tambaran
Tambonum
Wooden crocodile carving on beams of house
39-22-70/10859.1.160 Wooden crocodile carving on beams of house
Tambonum