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A Papua New Guinean, showing a pearl shell to the man next to him, surrounded by onlookers
A Papua New Guinean, showing a pearl shell to the man next to him, surrounded by onlookers

A Papua New Guinean, showing a pearl shell to the man next to him, surrounded by onlookers

Date1961-1972
Object numberANMS1279[159]
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
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean people in traditional dress, standing in a ring, surrounded by hundreds of onlookers, taken at the Pacific Festival on Pearl Island
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1961-1972
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean people in traditional dress, sitting in a row on the ground, surrounded by hundreds of onlookers, taken at the Pacific Festival on Pearl Island
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1961-1972
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1961-1972
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Image Not Available for Denis George sitting and using pearl making machinery, with numerous Papua New Guinean onlookers
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1961-1972
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1961-1972
Image Not Available for Denis George, talking to several Papua New Guinean male onlookers, pointing to a map on the wall
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1961-1972
Image Not Available for Denis George, with his son beside him, showing a Papua New Guinean man a pearl shell in his hands
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1961-1972
Colour photograph of a young Papua New Guinean boy crouched down next to a metal container, holding a pearl shell with blister pearls, and surrounded by numerous pearl shells
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1970
A Papua New Guinean man sitting on a wharf, holding an opened pearl shell, with pearl shells beside him on the wharf
A Papua New Guinean man sitting on a wharf, holding an opened pearl shell, with pearl shells beside him on the wharf
1961-1972
Colour photograph of two Papua New Guinean boys holding, and surrounded by, pearl shells with blister pearls
Colour photograph of two Papua New Guinean boys holding, and surrounded by, pearl shells with blister pearls
1970
Strip with one A man sitting at a desk, seeding a pearl shell, with three onlookers
Strip with one A man sitting at a desk, seeding a pearl shell, with three onlookers
1961-1972