IMAGE
Bob Marsters removing the head of a green sea turtle, on Palmerston Island
- Date
- 1960
- Reference
- PA12-0518-13
- Description
Bob Marsters removing the head of a male green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with an axe in readiness for butchering. The turtle was caught in the Palmerston Atoll lagoon. Photograph taken on Palmerston Island in 1960 by John Colles Burland.
Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies.
Physical Description: 35mm colour slide
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Burland, John Colles, 1926- :Colour transparencies of Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Palmerston Island, 1960 / Palmerston Atoll
- Format
- 1 colour original transparency/ies, Transparencies, 35mm colour slide
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Bob Marsters removing the head of a green sea turtle, on Palmerston Island. Burland, John Colles, 1926- :Colour transparencies of Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Palmerston Island, 1960. Ref: PA12-0518-13. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/32058334More information can be found in our terms of use.