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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
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Papua New Guinea
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<State>
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<County>
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<City>
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Timbunke
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7325 × 23.8125 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
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