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Ndanim of Omadesep Holding a Paint Vessel (jifoi)

Photographed by Michael Clark Rockefeller
Remarks by Adrianus Alexander Gerbrands
Person in photograph Ndanim

June 26, 1961

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Ndanim of Omadesep Holding a Paint Vessel (jifoi), Photographed by Michael Clark Rockefeller, Gelatin silver print — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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Title: Ndanim of Omadesep Holding a Paint Vessel (jifoi)

Photographer: Photographed by Michael Clark Rockefeller

Archive constituent: Remarks by Adrianus Alexander Gerbrands

Person in Photograph: Person in photograph Ndanim carver of Omadesep

Date: June 26, 1961

Geography: Indonesia, Asmat, Papua Province (Irian Jaya), Omadesep Village, Faretsj River

Medium: Gelatin silver print

Dimensions: Image: 9 11/16 x 6 11/16 in. (24.6 x 16.9 cm)

Classification: Photographs

Credit Line: Photograph by Michael C. Rockefeller, Courtesy of Mary Rockefeller Morgan The Photograph Study Collection, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (PSC 2004.20.46)

Object Number: PSC 2004.20.46

Rights and Reproduction: Photograph by Michael C. Rockefeller, Courtesy of Mary Rockefeller Morgan
The Photograph Study Collection, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (PSC 2004.20.46)

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