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Man with arm through a bag, in front of water tanks, Boong, native market, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Men standing along one side of a laden trestle table, large tree behind, Boong, native market, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Five women with fishing baskets, Awar, Sepik River, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Trading vessel with crew at a jetty, Bootless Inlet, Papua, ca. 1923 / Sarah Chinnery

Square pot on a low pedestal, Chinnery's garden, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Man wearing a dishcloth on his head, Awar, Sepik River, New Guinea, 1935, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Young girl with a package on her head and a woman watching in background, Awar, Sepik River, New Guinea, 1935 / Sarah Chinnery

Front of Chinnery's house, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery

Row of Dukduks, Matupit, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, 1929, 3 / Sarah Chinnery

Column of smoke rising over trees during volcanic eruption, Rabaul, New Guinea, 1937 / Sarah Chinnery

Portrait of Burns Philp Captain Tschwann on board a Burns Philp ship, New Guinea, ca. 1936, 2 / Sarah Chinnery

Square pots at the top of the curved steps, Chinnery's garden, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1936 / Sarah Chinnery