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Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.158
Display Title Man with scarification
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / (Left)"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1939
Artist Mr. William A. Robinson
Culture
  • Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Sepik
Additional Geographic Terms Mandate Territory
Dimensions Overall: 14.2875 × 9.2075 cm (5 5/8 × 3 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man's shoulder with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.84 Man's shoulder with scarification
Sepik
Man's back with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.82 Man's back with scarification
Sepik
Man's back with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.80 Man's back with scarification
Sepik
Boy's back with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.81 Boy's back with scarification
Sepik
Boy's back with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.83 Boy's back with scarification
Sepik
Women with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.189 Women with scarification
Sepik
Person with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.172 Person with scarification
Sepik
Man in front of structure
39-22-70/10859.1.186 Man in front of structure
Sepik
Wife of hunter
39-22-70/10859.1.153 Wife of hunter
Sepik
Man, viewed from behind, beside ladder to house
39-22-70/10859.1.128 Man, viewed from behind, beside ladder to house
Sepik
Man holding head in front of ladder to house
39-22-70/10859.1.121 Man holding head in front of ladder to house
Sepik
Man and boys in full body paint
39-22-70/10859.1.119 Man and boys in full body paint
Sepik