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Object Number
2004.29.23104
Display Title
Chief dressed for dance
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Wanigeli-Colungwood Bay, Papua / A. a chief dressed for a dance / 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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.23105 | Chief dressed for dance |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23102 | Boy dressed for his first dance |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23103 | Bride |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.22721 | Women dressed to dance at the funeral of a chief |
Oro Province
| ||
| 2004.29.22719 | Women dressed to dance at the funeral of a chief |
Oro Province
| ||
| 2004.29.23136 | Wanigera dance |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23125 | Man of chiefly descent dressed for hunting or fighting |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23126 | Taboo erected by chief |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23108 | Teenage girl with her face covered according to custom |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23107 | Studio portrait of woman with facial tattoos |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23106 | Two women with facial tattoos |
British New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.29.23109 | Studio portrait of tattooed girl |
British New Guinea
|