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Object Number
2004.29.23277
Display Title
Two chiefs in sham battle
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malo Island / Two chiefs in sham battle. / Photo - W.L.Moss"
Department
Photographic
Date
1928-1929
Artist
Dr. W. L. Moss
Culture
- Vanuatu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
/
<State>
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Malo Island
Oceania / Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu
Dimensions
Overall: 18.415 × 24.13 cm (7 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Dr. W. L. Moss
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.29.23275 | Group of chiefs wearing aprons made of pandanus fiber |
Malo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.23276 | Chiefs standing with back towards camera |
Malo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.23278 | Two men and two women showing back of waistband arrangements |
Malo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.23280 | Two women, a child, and a man with a hand deformity |
Malo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.23271 | Two chiefs standing, wearing intricately woven aprons |
Malo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.23279 | Two men and a boy carrying yams and coconuts back from their gardens |
Vanuatu
Malo Island | ||
| 2004.29.22661 | Chief's emblem of office |
Wuvulu Island
| ||
| 2004.29.23236 | Pig valued highly for tusks |
Espiritu Santo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.23235 | Hill tribesmen armed with Snider muskets |
Espiritu Santo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.23234 | Spiral dance mask |
Espiritu Santo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.23233 | Man wearing wooden mask |
Vanuatu
Espiritu Santo Island | ||
| 2004.29.23232 | Man standing next to wooden anthropomorphic drum |
Espiritu Santo Island
Vanuatu |