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Object Number
2004.29.23263
Display Title
Man standing in the doorway of a sacred house
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malakula Island / Melanesia / A village of the "Big Nambas" tribe 8 or 9 miles inland from / the northwest coast at an altitude of about 3000 ft. Two / of the 8 or 9 "sacred houses". They are 15' high, 30' wide / and 60' long. When a chief dies a "sacred house " is built in his honor."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Malekula
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malakula Island
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malakula Island
Additional Geographic Terms
A village of the "Big Nambas" tribe
Dimensions
Overall: 17.78 × 23.495 cm (7 × 9 1/4 in.)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2004.29.23264 | Men and boys standing in front of sacred houses |
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| 2004.29.23266 | Group of women and children inside forest enclosure |
Vanuatu
Malakula Island | ||
| 2004.29.23268 | Man and three boys standing |
Vanuatu
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| 2004.29.23267 | Men standing next to a tree |
Vanuatu
Malakula Island | ||
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Malakula Island
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| 967-12-70/10878.1.26 | Making a penis sheath |
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Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.25 | Making a penis sheath |
Vanuatu
Malakula Island | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.24 | Making a grass skirt |
Malakula Island
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| 967-12-70/10878.1.23 | Carved fern projection from roof beam of men's hut |
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Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.3 | Dances associated with Nimangki (men's society) |
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