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Detail of carved crocodile on beam supporting a house
Detail of carved crocodile on beam supporting a house
Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.169
Display Title Detail of carved crocodile on beam supporting a house
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / (Above) Detail: carved crocodile"
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
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.6525 × 8.89 cm (5 3/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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39-22-70/10859.1.166 Men beside building with carved crocodile beams
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Men's backs and carved post supporting building
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Sepik
Doll, interior of house
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39-22-70/10859.1.170 Men beside carved drums under roof
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Man, viewed from behind, beside ladder to house
39-22-70/10859.1.128 Man, viewed from behind, beside ladder to house
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Interior of house
39-22-70/10859.1.127 Interior of 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
Entrance to interior of house
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39-22-70/10859.1.132 House
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Family and house
39-22-70/10859.1.131 Family and house
Sepik