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Object Number 2004.29.23264
Display Title Men and boys standing in front of sacred houses
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malakula Island / Melanesia / Sacred Houses"
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Malekula
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malakula Island
Oceania / Vanuatu
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 × 23.495 cm (7 × 9 1/4 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man standing in the doorway of a sacred house
2004.29.23263 Man standing in the doorway of a sacred house
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Men and boys standing, houses in background
39-22-70/10859.1.58 Men and boys standing, houses in background
Trobriand
Man and two boys standing in front of a house
2004.29.23290 Man and two boys standing in front of a house
Vanuatu
Pentecost Island
Man and three boys standing
2004.29.23268 Man and three boys standing
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Group of men and boys sitting in front of house
39-22-70/10859.1.68 Group of men and boys sitting in front of house
Trobriand
Men gathered by a Banyan tree
2004.29.23270 Men gathered by a Banyan tree
Malakula Island
Vanuatu
Media Restricted
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Milne Bay
Group of men and boys with idol drums
2004.29.23195 Group of men and boys with idol drums
Ambrym Island
Vanuatu
Man and four boys sitting in front of a hut
2004.29.23174 Man and four boys sitting in front of a hut
Vanuatu
Two men and a boy carrying vegetables, yams and coconuts from their garden
2004.29.23274 Two men and a boy carrying vegetables, yams and coconuts from their garden
Vanuatu
Malo Island
Men standing next to a tree
2004.29.23267 Men standing next to a tree
Vanuatu
Malakula Island
Three men and a boy standing in front of a house decorated with kula shells
39-22-70/10859.1.63 Three men and a boy standing in front of a house decorated with kula shells
Trobriand