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Boy sitting on a wharf holding a large pearl shell with two blister pearls on Pearl Island
Boy sitting on a wharf holding a large pearl shell with two blister pearls on Pearl Island

Boy sitting on a wharf holding a large pearl shell with two blister pearls on Pearl Island

Date1966-1982
Object numberANMS1276[104]
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotographic paper
DimensionsOverall: 88 x 113 mm
Copyright© Estate of Denis George
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the George Family and Adrian Jackson
Colour photograph of two Papua New Guinean boys holding, and surrounded by, pearl shells with blister pearls
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1970
Image Not Available for Denis George, holding a pearl shell with three blister pearls, and pointing to the blister pearls, on Packe Island
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Image Not Available for Denis George, holding a pearl shell with three blister pearls, and pointing to the blister pearls, on Packe Island
Denis George, holding a pearl shell with three blister pearls, and pointing to the blister pearls, on Packe Island
1957-1958
Image Not Available for 35mm colour transparency of Denis George holding two large pearl shells with blister pearls
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1957-1958
A pearl shell with three blister pearls close together, two blister pearls joined on a raised area, and writing, on Packe Island
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1957-1958
35mm colour transparency of a pearl shell with two blister pearls, and two half pearls (or mabe pearls) sitting next to it
35mm colour transparency of a pearl shell with two blister pearls, and two half pearls (or mabe pearls) sitting next to it
1961-1972
A pearl shell with two blister pearls, and numbers written on the shell, on Pearl Island
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1957-1958
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the first of two pearl shells with flesh and pearls still attached, and the second of four pearl shells, two of which have blister pearls, on Pearl Island
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the first of two pearl shells with flesh and pearls still attached, and the second of four pearl shells, two of which have blister pearls, on Pearl Island
1962-1982
Two halves of a pearl shell, one shell with the flesh still attached, and the other shell with three blister pearls, on Packe Island
Two halves of a pearl shell, one shell with the flesh still attached, and the other shell with three blister pearls, on Packe Island
1957-1958
A pearl shell with two blister pearls, and a hole where a third has been removed, and numbers written on the shell, on Packe Island
A pearl shell with two blister pearls, and a hole where a third has been removed, and numbers written on the shell, on Packe Island
1957-1958