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Widow of Vilirupu [woman wearing grass shawl, skirt and beaded jewellery] Frank Hurley

Tovei

Types from the villages of Urama, Kinomere & Tovei [Man standing with his head lowered]

Man of Ambasi, North Coast

Widows of Hanuabada

A Boanai beauty, North Coast [wearing a grass skirt over her shoulder] Frank Hurley

Girls from Mukawa [wearing long grass skirts] Frank Hurley

Man of Mikirupu[?] Frank Hurley

[Netted stinkhorn fungus, Dictyophora phalloidea or Dictyophora multicolour, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1916-1917, 4] Ellis Rowan

Types from Buna District [full length photo of man in head dress] Frank Hurley

Girls from Village Wanigella [Wanigela], North Coast [girl in elaborate head dress] / Frank Hurley

Girls from Village Wanigella [Wanigela], North Coast [girl holding a decorated cloth behind her] Frank Hurley