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Photographic Collection Of Manus Province Indigenous People And German Colonialists In Papua New Guinea

c1909–1930. Comprising 189 silver gelatin and printout paper photographs and one photogravure, some annotated in German in ink and pencil verso with various dates, sizes range from 6.8 x 8.7cm to 12.1 x 16.3cm. Minor developing flaws and fading to some photographs, otherwise in good condition.

This rare collection provides a visual record of the daily life of the indigenous inhabitants and German colonists within twenty years of first contact in the relatively obscure islands of Manus Province in the Bismarck Archipelago.

A detailed list with images is available on request.

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Item #CL202-20

Price (AUD): $33,000.00  other currencies