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Colour negative of people holding an opened pearl shell with flesh still attached, which is being removed with a knife, and a closed pearl shell
Colour negative of people holding an opened pearl shell with flesh still attached, which is being removed with a knife, and a closed pearl shell

Colour negative of people holding an opened pearl shell with flesh still attached, which is being removed with a knife, and a closed pearl shell

Date1961
Object numberANMS1275[077]
NameNegative
MediumCellulose acetate negative, colour
DimensionsOverall: 61 x 60 mm
Copyright© Estate of Denis George
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the George Family and Adrian Jackson
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Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, both of a pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh
1961
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, both of a pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, both of a pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh
1961
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, both of a pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, both of a pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh
1961
A pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh, with one resting on the flesh by itself
A pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh, with one resting on the flesh by itself
1961
A pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh
A pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh
1961
A pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh
A pearl shell with inner flesh still attached, with hands holding two pearl seeding implements on the flesh
1961
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, both of a pearl shell with flesh still attached, with a seed pearling implement sitting on the flesh
Two black-and-white negatives, joined together, both of a pearl shell with flesh still attached, with a seed pearling implement sitting on the flesh
1961