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Two men, two women and a child looking at a display of pearls on a table
Two men, two women and a child looking at a display of pearls on a table

Two men, two women and a child looking at a display of pearls on a table

Date1961-1972
Object numberANMS1279[190]
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
Photograph of several women, including one in traditional dress, looking at a table containing a pearl display
Photograph of several women, including one in traditional dress, looking at a table containing a pearl display
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
35mm colour transparency of two Papua New Guinean men, and a small child, sitting at a table with pearl shells and pearl seeding equipment
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1961-1972
An elderly lady standing behind and several Papua New Guinean women looking at a table containing a pearling display
An elderly lady standing behind and several Papua New Guinean women looking at a table containing a pearling display
1961-1972
Photograph of several people, including two Papua New Guinean men and a child holding a box, looking into the distance
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1961-1972
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the first of one half pearl (or mabe pearl) on a display cushion, and the second is of three half pearls on a display cushion, on Pearl Island
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1966-1982
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the first of two pearl shells with blister pearls, and the second of one half pearl (or mabe pearl) on a display cushion, on Pearl Island
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, the first of two pearl shells with blister pearls, and the second of one half pearl (or mabe pearl) on a display cushion, on Pearl Island
1966-1982
Yurie (or Yulie) George and several Papua New Guinean men and women viewing a pearling display laid out on a table
Yurie (or Yulie) George and several Papua New Guinean men and women viewing a pearling display laid out on a table
1961-1972
Two Papua New Guinean men and a child, with one of the men sitting beside a pile of pearl shells, and the other sitting on a metal cylinder at a machine
Two Papua New Guinean men and a child, with one of the men sitting beside a pile of pearl shells, and the other sitting on a metal cylinder at a machine
1961-1972
A man and a woman looking at a table with a large pile of half pearls (or mabe pearls), with the man holding some in his hands
A man and a woman looking at a table with a large pile of half pearls (or mabe pearls), with the man holding some in his hands
1965
Two men and a child looking at a mounted deer head on board SS ORUNGAL
Two men and a child looking at a mounted deer head on board SS ORUNGAL
Samuel J Hood Studio
1927-1935
A pearl shell with two blister pearls, and two spherical pearls resting on a black square, possibly tape, with a long pair of tweezers being used to move one of the spherical pearls
A pearl shell with two blister pearls, and two spherical pearls resting on a black square, possibly tape, with a long pair of tweezers being used to move one of the spherical pearls
1961