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Object Number 2004.29.23103
Display Title Bride
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Wanigeli-Colungwood Bay, Papua / Marriage customs- The bride adorned. / Village of Wanigela - Collingwood Bay, / Papua, British New Guinea, Stetson Fund, 1911"
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1911
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Wanigela, Collingwood Bay
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 10.795 cm (6 × 4 1/4 in.)

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