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Women seated with arms up, men seated behind them
Women seated with arms up, men seated behind them
Object Number 2004.29.24505
Display Title Women seated with arms up, men seated behind them
Descriptions
Object Description Written on verso: "Tonga"
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Tongan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 14.2875 × 20.0025 cm (5 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Khuan//a and Be, the two wives of Gau; Khuan//a seated with her son /Qui tied to her back in the kaross and her younger son ≠Toma in her arms, and Be seated with a baby tied to her back
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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!Go Tsao
[No folder title]: Debe holding Bau's arms as she drinks from an ostrich eggshell held by /Gaishay while an unidentified, young woman steadies them; unidentified women sit in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31145 [No folder title]: Debe holding Bau's arms as she drinks from an ostrich eggshell held by /Gaishay while an unidentified, young woman steadies them; unidentified women sit in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Debe holding Bau's arms as she drinks from an ostrich eggshell held by /Gaishay while an unidentified, young woman steadies them; unidentified women sit in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31145.1 [No folder title]: Debe holding Bau's arms as she drinks from an ostrich eggshell held by /Gaishay while an unidentified, young woman steadies them; unidentified women sit in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Debe holding Bau's arms as she drinks from an ostrich eggshell held by /Gaishay while an unidentified, young woman steadies them; unidentified women sit in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31145.2 [No folder title]: Debe holding Bau's arms as she drinks from an ostrich eggshell held by /Gaishay while an unidentified, young woman steadies them; unidentified women sit in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy