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Photograph of four people watching a Papua New Guinean man seeding a pearls shell at a desk with wooden trays and a cylindrical metal object
Photograph of four people watching a Papua New Guinean man seeding a pearls shell at a desk with wooden trays and a cylindrical metal object

Photograph of four people watching a Papua New Guinean man seeding a pearls shell at a desk with wooden trays and a cylindrical metal object

Date1961-1972
Object numberANMS1279[154]
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotographic paper
DimensionsOverall: 89 x 128 mm
Copyright© Estate of Denis George
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the George Family and Adrian Jackson
35mm colour transparency of Papua New Guinean people watching a man seeding a pearl shell
35mm colour transparency of Papua New Guinean people watching a man seeding a pearl shell
1961-1972
A Papua New Guinean man seeding a pearl shell, with a boy watching
A Papua New Guinean man seeding a pearl shell, with a boy watching
1961-1972
A Papua New Guinean man seeding a pearl shell at a desk, with three men and two boys looking on
A Papua New Guinean man seeding a pearl shell at a desk, with three men and two boys looking on
1961-1972
A Papua New Guinean man sitting at a desk seeding a pearl shell, with three onlookers
A Papua New Guinean man sitting at a desk seeding a pearl shell, with three onlookers
1961-1972
A Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress, holding a tray containing pearl or pearl shell jewellery, and four Papua New Guinean men looking at and holding pieces of the jewellery
A Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress, holding a tray containing pearl or pearl shell jewellery, and four Papua New Guinean men looking at and holding pieces of the jewellery
1961-1972
A Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress, holding a tray containing pearl or pearl shell jewellery, and a Papua New Guinean man holding a camera, who is picking up a piece of the jewellery
A Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress, holding a tray containing pearl or pearl shell jewellery, and a Papua New Guinean man holding a camera, who is picking up a piece of the jewellery
1961-1972
A Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress, holding a tray containing pearl or pearl shell jewellery, and a Papua New Guinean man picking up a piece of the jewellery
A Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress, holding a tray containing pearl or pearl shell jewellery, and a Papua New Guinean man picking up a piece of the jewellery
1961-1972
Colour photograph of three Papua New Guinean men; one standing, one sitting using pearling machinery, and the third touching half pearls (or mabe pearls) in a large metal cylindrical container
Colour photograph of three Papua New Guinean men; one standing, one sitting using pearling machinery, and the third touching half pearls (or mabe pearls) in a large metal cylindrical container
1970
A group of people watching a man sitting at a desk seeding a pearl shell on Pearl Island
A group of people watching a man sitting at a desk seeding a pearl shell on Pearl Island
1966-1982
35mm colour transparency of Papua New Guinean people watching a man seed a pearl shell
35mm colour transparency of Papua New Guinean people watching a man seed a pearl shell
1961-1972
35mm colour transparency of a group of Papua New Guinean people watching a man seed a pearl shell
35mm colour transparency of a group of Papua New Guinean people watching a man seed a pearl shell
1961-1972
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean men and children in a shed, either using pearling equipment, holding pearl shells, or working with half pearls (or mabe pearls) in a metal cylinder
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean men and children in a shed, either using pearling equipment, holding pearl shells, or working with half pearls (or mabe pearls) in a metal cylinder
1970