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Object Number 2004.29.23587
Display Title Group of women and children
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Solomon Islands / Vella Lavella"; printed on photograph: "Women of Vella Lavella. / 705. Beattie - Hobart."
Department Photographic
Date 1906
Artist John Watt Beattie
Culture
  • Solomon Island
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Vella lavella island
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 × 15.24 cm (8 × 6 in.)

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