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Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.171
Display Title Young man making saksak, canoes in background
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / (Above, r.) Young man / mkaing sak sak."
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: 8.89 × 13.335 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Young mother and child
39-22-70/10859.1.165 Young mother and child
Tambonum
Men beside carved canoes
39-22-70/10859.1.213 Men beside carved canoes
Sepik
Man; women, children, and river in background
39-22-70/10859.1.95 Man; women, children, and river in background
Sepik
Man in front of structure, mask in background
39-22-70/10859.1.183 Man in front of structure, mask in background
Sepik
Men in canoes
39-22-70/10859.1.73 Men in canoes
Sepik
Man
39-22-70/10859.1.164 Man
Sepik
Man
39-22-70/10859.1.163 Man
Tambonum
Man with face paint
39-22-70/10859.1.161 Man with face paint
Tambonum
Man in front of structure
39-22-70/10859.1.187 Man in front of structure
Sepik
Man with feathers in his hair
39-22-70/10859.1.192 Man with feathers in his hair
Sepik
Shoreline with people, logs, and buildings
39-22-70/10859.1.155 Shoreline with people, logs, and buildings
Tambonum
Men and child seated on ground, building in background
39-22-70/10859.1.102 Men and child seated on ground, building in background
Sepik