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Two men and a boy carrying vegetables, yams and coconuts from their garden
Two men and a boy carrying vegetables, yams and coconuts from their garden
Object Number 2004.29.23274
Display Title Two men and a boy carrying vegetables, yams and coconuts from their garden
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malo Island / Melanesia / Natives returning from thier gardens bearing / yams, cocoanuts, and other vegetables."
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Vanuatu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malo Island
Oceania / Vanuatu
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 18.415 × 24.13 cm (7 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

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