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Women with children on their shoulders and bags on their backs
Women with children on their shoulders and bags on their backs
Object Number 2004.29.23112
Display Title Women with children on their shoulders and bags on their backs
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea (British) / Papua / Collingwood bay / Wanigila Village / Method of carring child on the back. Wanigera / Wanigera Village. Collingwood Bay. / Papua, British New Guinea- Stetson Fund, June 1911."
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1911
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Wanigela, Collingwood Bay
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.795 × 15.24 cm (4 1/4 × 6 in.)

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