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Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.192
Display Title Man with feathers in his hair
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / (Above) Savage of Yambum"
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1939
Artist Mr. William A. Robinson
Culture
  • Yambon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Sepik
Additional Geographic Terms Mandate Territory
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man in ornate headdress with feathers
39-22-70/10859.1.208 Man in ornate headdress with feathers
Sepik
Man in ornate headdress with feathers
39-22-70/10859.1.210 Man in ornate headdress with feathers
Sepik
Man in front of structure
39-22-70/10859.1.187 Man in front of structure
Sepik
Woman and children
39-22-70/10859.1.194 Woman and children
Sepik
Buildings
39-22-70/10859.1.197 Buildings
Sepik
Group of people
39-22-70/10859.1.196 Group of people
Sepik
Natives standing in lines, two Westerners, building
39-22-70/10859.1.195 Natives standing in lines, two Westerners, building
Sepik
Man in front of structure
39-22-70/10859.1.186 Man in front of structure
Sepik
Man in front of structure, mask in background
39-22-70/10859.1.183 Man in front of structure, mask in background
Sepik
Government representative/interpreter with his three wives and children
39-22-70/10859.1.133 Government representative/interpreter with his three wives and children
Sepik
Man
39-22-70/10859.1.164 Man
Sepik
Man
39-22-70/10859.1.163 Man
Tambonum