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Object Number 967-12-70/10878.1.26
Display Title Making a penis sheath
Descriptions
Object Description Contact sheet; written on board: "New Hebrides / Malakula Island / Big Namba village Mraway / Man making a penis sheath"
Department Photographic
Date June, 1966
Artist Kalman Muller
Culture
  • Malekula
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malakula Island
Oceania / Vanuatu
Additional Geographic Terms Big Namba village of Mraway
Dimensions Overall: 24.765 × 19.685 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Seller Kalman Muller

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Making a penis sheath
967-12-70/10878.1.25 Making a penis sheath
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Making a grass skirt
967-12-70/10878.1.24 Making a grass skirt
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Men's huts and ceremonial grounds
967-12-70/10878.1.18 Men's huts and ceremonial grounds
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man with face painted for ceremonies
967-12-70/10878.1.2 Man with face painted for ceremonies
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man in dance regalia
967-12-70/10878.1.1 Man in dance regalia
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man climbing tree to retrieve coconuts
967-12-70/10878.1.11 Man climbing tree to retrieve coconuts
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man carving bamboo comb
967-12-70/10878.1.9 Man carving bamboo comb
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Man delousing his grandson
967-12-70/10878.1.15 Man delousing his grandson
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Inter-village yam distribution
967-12-70/10878.1.12 Inter-village yam distribution
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Man sitting inside small village hut
967-12-70/10878.1.21 Man sitting inside small village hut
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Carved fern projection from roof beam of men's hut
967-12-70/10878.1.23 Carved fern projection from roof beam of men's hut
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Dances associated with Nimangki (men's society)
967-12-70/10878.1.3 Dances associated with Nimangki (men's society)
Malakula Island
Vanuatu