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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

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

Date1961-1972
Object numberANMS1279[222]
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotographic paper
DimensionsOverall: 87 x 126 mm
Copyright© Estate of Denis George
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the George Family and Adrian Jackson
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 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
Three Papua New Guinean men, two standing and one sitting, with the man in the forefront holding a piece of pearl shell jewellery
Three Papua New Guinean men, two standing and one sitting, with the man in the forefront holding a piece of pearl shell jewellery
1961-1972
A Papua New Guinean woman, standing in front of a tray containing pearl shell pieces
A Papua New Guinean woman, standing in front of a tray containing pearl shell pieces
1961-1972
A Papua New Guinean man shaking hands with a Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress
A Papua New Guinean man shaking hands with a Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress
1961-1972
Papua new Guinean people, including two girls in traditional dress, viewing a pearl display underneath a tent
Papua new Guinean people, including two girls in traditional dress, viewing a pearl display underneath a tent
1961-1972
A man wearing glasses, shaking hands with a Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress
A man wearing glasses, shaking hands with a Papua New Guinean girl in traditional dress
1961-1972
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
1961-1972
Colour photograph of a ring of Papua New Guinean people wearing traditional dress at the Pacific Festival, with hundreds of onlookers, on Pearl Island
Colour photograph of a ring of Papua New Guinean people wearing traditional dress at the Pacific Festival, with hundreds of onlookers, on Pearl Island
1961-1972
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
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
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
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
1961-1972
A Papua New Guinean man holding a pearl clamp, with another person holding a pearl shell with pliers
A Papua New Guinean man holding a pearl clamp, with another person holding a pearl shell with pliers
1961-1972