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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 Asmat, Omadesep, Faretsj River, West Papua
June 26, 1961
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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 (Asmat, Omadesep, Faretsj River, West Papua, born 1961) 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)
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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