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Person with scarification
Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.172
Display Title Person with scarification
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / (Right) Raised figures / in skin. Done by making / skin cuts and fillinf / cuts with dirt which / makes permanent weals."
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: 13.335 × 8.5725 cm (5 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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Boy's back with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.81 Boy's back with scarification
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Man's shoulder with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.84 Man's shoulder with scarification
Sepik
Boy's back with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.83 Boy's back 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
Man with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.158 Man with scarification
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Women with scarification
39-22-70/10859.1.189 Women with scarification
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39-22-70/10859.1.162 Person in haus tambaran
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39-22-70/10859.1.79 People in village
Sepik
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39-22-70/10859.1.142 Stool, food dish, drums, shields, stool found in Haus Tambarans
Sepik
Women, nursing child, child in rain hood
39-22-70/10859.1.200 Women, nursing child, child in rain hood
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