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Object Number
967-12-70/10878.1.24
Display Title
Making a grass skirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Contact sheet; written on board: "New Hebrides / Malakula Island / Big Namba village Mraway / Making a grass skirt"
Department
Photographic
Date
June, 1966
Artist
Kalman Muller
Culture
- Malekula
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
/
<State>
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Malakula Island
Oceania / Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu
Additional Geographic Terms
Big Namba village of Mraway
Materials
Contact sheet adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 24.765 × 19.685 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Seller
Kalman Muller
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 967-12-70/10878.1.26 | Making a penis sheath |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.25 | Making a penis sheath |
Vanuatu
Malakula Island | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.18 | Men's huts and ceremonial grounds |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.12 | Inter-village yam distribution |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.21 | Man sitting inside small village hut |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.22 | Abandoned hut with carved fern projection |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.23 | Carved fern projection from roof beam of men's hut |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.3 | Dances associated with Nimangki (men's society) |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.2 | Man with face painted for ceremonies |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.1 | Man in dance regalia |
Vanuatu
Malakula Island | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.4 | Group of men in a semi-hypnotic trance during Nimangki dances |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.7 | Pigs being dragged off ceremonial ground |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu |