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Photographs relating to people on the Island of Dobu.

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Date
1928
By
Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979
Reference
PAColl-8563-01
Description

Photographs of the life and culture of the inhabitants of Dobu Island, Papua New Guinea. Recorded are such things as men fishing with nets and spears, mourning the dead, preparing leaves, women and children bringing yams from the gardens in baskets carried on their heads, men rowing canoes, and clothing.

Arrangement: Original negatives at 1/2-230268-F to 1/2-230299-F, and 1/4-110536-F.

Reo Fortune spent a month on Dobu island in 1928.

Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune
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48 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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Mourning a death, Dobu Island, Papua New Guinea

Date: 1929

From: Fortune, Reo Franklin, 1903-1979: Photographs relating to Reo and Eileen Fortune

Reference: PAColl-8563-01-09

Description: Mourning a death, Dobu Island, Papua New Guinea. Photograph taken in 1929 by Reo Fortune. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.5 x 8.9 cm

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