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Colour photograph of a Papua New Guinean man sitting cross-legged in front of numerous pearl shells, many of which have blister pearls
Colour photograph of a Papua New Guinean man sitting cross-legged in front of numerous pearl shells, many of which have blister pearls

Colour photograph of a Papua New Guinean man sitting cross-legged in front of numerous pearl shells, many of which have blister pearls

Date1961-1972
Object numberANMS1279[168]
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotographic paper
DimensionsOverall: 125 x 89 mm
Copyright© Estate of Denis George
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the George Family and Adrian Jackson
Colour photograph of numerous pearl shells, laid out in rows, many of which have blister pearls
Colour photograph of numerous pearl shells, laid out in rows, many of which have blister pearls
1961-1972
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1961-1972
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1970
Photograph of numerous Papua New Guinean people sitting on a pearl raft cleaning pearl shells
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1961-1972
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1961-1972
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean men and children in a shed, either using pearling equipment, holding pearl shells, or working with half pearls (or mabe pearls) in a metal cylinder
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1970
35mm colour transparency of four black-tipped pearl shells, two of which have blister pearls
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Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the first of two pearl shells with flesh and pearls still attached, and the second of four pearl shells, two of which have blister pearls, on Pearl Island
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1962-1982
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean sitting in front of a pearl shell display, laid out on the ground, with a large audience behind, during Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's visit to Papua New Guinea in 1977
Colour photograph of several Papua New Guinean sitting in front of a pearl shell display, laid out on the ground, with a large audience behind, during Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's visit to Papua New Guinea in 1977
1977
A boat carrying three Papua new Guinean men, docked next to a wooden pearl raft, with numerous strings holding the pearl shells in the water
A boat carrying three Papua new Guinean men, docked next to a wooden pearl raft, with numerous strings holding the pearl shells in the water
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