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Object Number
2004.29.23270
Display Title
Men gathered by a Banyan tree
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malakula Isl. / Melanesia / Banyan tree just outside a Big Nambas village we were / not permitted to enter the village which was surrounded by / a stockade. The man wearing a singlet was one of / our two guides from a coast tribe on friendly terms / with the Big Nambas."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Malekula
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malakula Island
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malakula Island
Dimensions
Overall: 18.415 × 24.13 cm (7 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.23269 | Tribal councilor leaning against tree drum |
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| 2004.29.23263 | Man standing in the doorway of a sacred house |
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| 2004.29.23266 | Group of women and children inside forest enclosure |
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| 2004.29.23268 | Man and three boys standing |
Vanuatu
Malakula Island | ||
| 2004.29.23267 | Men standing next to a tree |
Vanuatu
Malakula Island | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.12 | Inter-village yam distribution |
Malakula Island
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| 967-12-70/10878.1.21 | Man sitting inside small village 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 |
Malakula Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.4 | Group of men in a semi-hypnotic trance during Nimangki dances |
Vanuatu
Malakula Island | ||
| 967-12-70/10878.1.7 | Pigs being dragged off ceremonial ground |
Vanuatu
Malakula Island |