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Object Number
2004.29.23273
Display Title
Man making fire
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malo Island / Melanesia / Native making fire. / In several tests he succeeded in getting a / flame in less than one minute at each trial."; written on photograph [verso]: "New Hebrides / Malo Island / Native making fire. In several tests/ 37 he succeeded in getting a flame in less / than one minute at each trial."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Vanuatu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Vanuatu
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<State>
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Malo Island
Oceania / Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu
Dimensions
Overall: 23.495 × 18.415 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)
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