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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
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1961-1972
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Colour photograph of two Papua New Guinean boys holding, and surrounded by, pearl shells with blister pearls
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1970
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