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Object Number
2004.29.23101
Display Title
People in outrigger canoes
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Trobiand Islands / Jurien / (Mobably) / Canoes arounf ship / Dobu? / see over" Verso: "#83 in list "Canoes aroundShip. Dobu I. ?? / Jurean = Jurien ?? (Trobrian sp) / British New Guinea Canoes / Gift of Alexander Agassiz 1899 / Probably Jurien / Is this the type of canoe used at Dobu / It is in the Trobrianes"
Department
Photographic
Date
1855-1899
Culture
- New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
British New Guinea
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 9.525 × 14.2875 cm (3 3/4 × 5 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
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| 2004.29.23305 | Outrigger canoes |
Vanuatu
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| 2004.29.22738 | women unloading canoes |
British New Guinea
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| 2004.29.23168 | Canoes hauled up on shore |
British New Guinea
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| 2004.24.26112 | Dobu tribe house and people |
Oceania
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| 2004.29.22586 | People in canoes |
British New Guinea
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| 975-59-50/13183.1.234 | Canoes with outriggers |
Madagascar
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| 2004.29.22706 | People in outrigger canoe at shore |
China Strait
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| 2004.29.23486 | Women of Nore Four in canoes, trading with ship |
Malaita Island
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| 2004.29.23492 | Women of Nore Fou in canoes, trading with ship |
Malaita Island
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| 2004.29.22796 | Group of people in front of house |
British New Guinea
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Hawaii
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