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Object Number
2017.11.2.106
Display Title
Man in boat shucking oysters
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on photograph (verso): "Omigara hama / 10-51 / Old man shucking oysters"
Department
Photographic
Date
October 1951
Artist
Dr. George A. Butler
Culture
- Japanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
/
Miyagi
Additional Geographic Terms
Omigara hama
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 × 11.43 cm (3 × 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Butler
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Alan Butler
(7/21/2017)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017.11.2.263 | Man on boat, shucking oysters |
Miyagi
| ||
| 2017.11.3.28.5 | Man shucking oysters on boat |
Miyagi
| ||
| 2017.11.3.28.6 | Man shucking oysters on boat |
Miyagi
| ||
| 2004.24.21567 | Man opening oysters at Sharja |
Sharjah
| ||
| 2003.2.16.1354 | Fishing village, oyster shucking center |
Japan
| ||
| 2004.24.21568 | Arab opening oysters in search of pearls |
Sharjah
| ||
| 2003.2.16.1368 | Yamada-Wan fisheries, nori and oysters being grown |
Japan
| ||
| 2008.22.3539 | Shell fragments, including some oysters |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 96-35-20/C1177 | Shells of Pearl Oysters |
Faunal Remain
|
Copan
| |
| 992-9-10/103599 | Shell fragments, 3 oysters intact |
Faunal Remain
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2007.20.1041 | Organic, shell, bivalve, oysters |
Shell
|
Harvard Yard
| |
| 2017.11.2.78 | Boat with load of oyster shells |
Matsushima
|