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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
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

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

Date1970
Object numberANMS1279[283]
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotographic paper
DimensionsOverall: 89 x 129 mm
Copyright© Estate of Denis George
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the George Family and Adrian Jackson
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