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Women and children
Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.176
Display Title Women and children
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / (Below) natives. / Tambonum"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1939
Artist Mr. William A. Robinson
Culture
  • Tambanum
  • Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Tambonum
Additional Geographic Terms Mandate Territory
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 13.6525 cm (3 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man; women, children, and river in background
39-22-70/10859.1.95 Man; women, children, and river in background
Sepik
Women holding children, some nursing
39-22-70/10859.1.93 Women holding children, some nursing
Sepik
Women and children, one in rain hood
39-22-70/10859.1.201 Women and children, one in rain hood
Sepik
Men beside carved drums under roof
39-22-70/10859.1.170 Men beside carved drums under roof
Tambonum
Policeman beside drum at haus Tambaran
39-22-70/10859.1.191 Policeman beside drum at haus Tambaran
Tambonum
Women, child, infant
39-22-70/10859.1.117 Women, child, infant
Sepik
Young mother and child
39-22-70/10859.1.165 Young mother and child
Tambonum
Man
39-22-70/10859.1.163 Man
Tambonum
Man with face paint
39-22-70/10859.1.161 Man with face paint
Tambonum
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
Westerners and native police
39-22-70/10859.1.157 Westerners and native police
Tambonum