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Object Number 39-22-70/10859.1.202
Display Title People in ornate headdresses under platform
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Melanesia / Sepik River Region - Mandata Territory, New Guinea / 39-22 / Types. 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
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 13.97 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. William A. Robinson

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man with ornate headdress and large nose ring
39-22-70/10859.1.205 Man with ornate headdress and large nose ring
Sepik
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
Group of people
39-22-70/10859.1.145 Group of people
Sepik
Person with a painted face eating, people seated on ground
39-22-70/10859.1.199 Person with a painted face eating, people seated on ground
Sepik
Women, nursing child, child in rain hood
39-22-70/10859.1.200 Women, nursing child, child in rain hood
Sepik
Children and women with painted faces
39-22-70/10859.1.206 Children and women with painted faces
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
Women and children, one in rain hood
39-22-70/10859.1.201 Women and children, one in rain hood
Sepik
Village scene
39-22-70/10859.1.209 Village scene
Sepik
Two men
39-22-70/10859.1.207 Two men
Sepik