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Person with a painted face eating, people seated on ground
Person with a painted face eating, people seated on ground
Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.199
Display Title Person with a painted face eating, people seated on ground
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / Natives. Yentjan"
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, Yentjan
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
Children and women with painted faces
39-22-70/10859.1.206 Children and women with painted faces
Sepik
Women and children, one in rain hood
39-22-70/10859.1.201 Women and children, one in rain hood
Sepik
Group of people
39-22-70/10859.1.145 Group of people
Sepik
People in ornate headdresses under platform
39-22-70/10859.1.202 People in ornate headdresses under platform
Sepik
Line of people in front of building
39-22-70/10859.1.185 Line of people in front of building
Sepik
Women, nursing child, child in rain hood
39-22-70/10859.1.200 Women, nursing child, child in rain hood
Sepik
People seated on and around stilted wooden structure with roof but no walls
39-22-70/10859.1.130 People seated on and around stilted wooden structure with roof but no walls
Sepik
People seated on and around stilted wooden structure with roof but no walls
39-22-70/10859.1.129 People seated on and around stilted wooden structure with roof but no walls
Sepik
Man with ornate headdress and large nose ring
39-22-70/10859.1.205 Man with ornate headdress and large nose ring
Sepik
Women and children
39-22-70/10859.1.204 Women and children
Sepik
Women and children standing among trees
39-22-70/10859.1.203 Women and children standing among trees
Sepik
Village scene
39-22-70/10859.1.209 Village scene
Sepik