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Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.161
Display Title Man with face paint
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / (Above) 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
Dimensions Overall: 8.5725 × 13.335 cm (3 3/8 × 5 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man
39-22-70/10859.1.163 Man
Tambonum
Young mother and child
39-22-70/10859.1.165 Young mother and child
Tambonum
Westerners and native police
39-22-70/10859.1.157 Westerners and native police
Tambonum
Men in conference
39-22-70/10859.1.173 Men in conference
Tambonum
Policeman beside drum at haus Tambaran
39-22-70/10859.1.191 Policeman beside drum at haus Tambaran
Tambonum
Man and boys in full body paint
39-22-70/10859.1.119 Man and boys in full body paint
Sepik
Wooden crocodile carving on beams of house
39-22-70/10859.1.160 Wooden crocodile carving on beams of house
Tambonum
Entrance to interior of house
39-22-70/10859.1.159 Entrance to interior of house
Tambonum
Warrior in profile
39-22-70/10859.1.156 Warrior in profile
Tambonum
Men beside carved drums under roof
39-22-70/10859.1.170 Men beside carved drums under roof
Tambonum
Women and children
39-22-70/10859.1.176 Women and children
Tambonum
Man
39-22-70/10859.1.164 Man
Sepik