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Photograph of men, women and children cleaning pearl shells, sitting around pearl shell cages, and with buckets and containers
Photograph of men, women and children cleaning pearl shells, sitting around pearl shell cages, and with buckets and containers

Photograph of men, women and children cleaning pearl shells, sitting around pearl shell cages, and with buckets and containers

Date1961-1972
Object numberANMS1279[262]
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotographic paper
DimensionsOverall: 88 x 128 mm
Copyright© Estate of Denis George
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the George Family and Adrian Jackson
Photograph of men, women and children cleaning pearl shells, sitting around pearl shell cages
Photograph of men, women and children cleaning pearl shells, sitting around pearl shell cages
1961-1972
Two women scrubbing pearl shells over buckets, and men sitting in the background looking at pearl shells laid out on the ground, on a pearl raft
Two women scrubbing pearl shells over buckets, and men sitting in the background looking at pearl shells laid out on the ground, on a pearl raft
1961-1972
Photograph of several men on a pearl production raft, cleaning pearl shells from pearl cages
Photograph of several men on a pearl production raft, cleaning pearl shells from pearl cages
1961-1972
Photograph of men, women and children cleaning pearl shells, with a man on the left of the photograph discarding waste into a garbage bin
Photograph of men, women and children cleaning pearl shells, with a man on the left of the photograph discarding waste into a garbage bin
1961-1972
Photograph of men, women and children cleaning pearl shells, with three people crowded over a garbage bin
Photograph of men, women and children cleaning pearl shells, with three people crowded over a garbage bin
1961-1972
Image Not Available for Two colour negatives, joined together, of Denis and Yurie (or Yulie) George sitting on a pearl raft next to a pearl cage filled with pearl shells, and Denis and Yurie George standing on a pearl raft, pulling pearl cages out of the water
Two colour negatives, joined together, of Denis and Yurie (or Yulie) George sitting on a pearl raft next to a pearl cage filled with pearl shells, and Denis and Yurie George standing on a pearl raft, pulling pearl cages out of the water
1961
Two black-and-white negatives, the first a pearl cage filled with pearl shells, and the second a person sitting on a pearl raft, in front of a shed, with pearl cages
Two black-and-white negatives, the first a pearl cage filled with pearl shells, and the second a person sitting on a pearl raft, in front of a shed, with pearl cages
1961
Two black-and-white negatives, the first of two men on a pearl raft with pearl cages, and the second of a man with his hands on a pearl cage containing several pearl shells
Two black-and-white negatives, the first of two men on a pearl raft with pearl cages, and the second of a man with his hands on a pearl cage containing several pearl shells
1961
Two black-and-white negatives pearl cages, filled with pearl shells, sitting in a shed, with people in the shed, on Packe Island
Two black-and-white negatives pearl cages, filled with pearl shells, sitting in a shed, with people in the shed, on Packe Island
1963
Pearling equipment, placed in front of a shed, including wire cages and metal buckets, on Packe Island
Pearling equipment, placed in front of a shed, including wire cages and metal buckets, on Packe Island
1957-1958
Photograph of numerous Papua New Guinean people sitting on a pearl raft cleaning pearl shells
Photograph of numerous Papua New Guinean people sitting on a pearl raft cleaning pearl shells
1961-1972
Several men working on a pearl raft on Packe Island, amongst pearl cages and pearl shells
Several men working on a pearl raft on Packe Island, amongst pearl cages and pearl shells
1963