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Object Number 2004.29.23078
Display Title People in canoes with carved figureheads
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea / Middle of Sepik River / Village of Timbunke. / Canoes with carved figureheads. / Photo- W. L. Moss."
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist Dr. W. L. Moss
Culture
  • Middle Sepik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Timbunke
Dimensions Overall: 18.7325 × 23.8125 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in.)

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