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Genetei warrior from the Wonenara sub-district, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

Okapa men from the Mount Hagen area decorated for the Goroka show and wearing hats topped with bird of paradise feathers, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

West Highlander man Pup with his wife Kamen, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

Asaro mudman with mud mask at Goroka show, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

Kegsugl Roman Catholic Mission church and slopes of Mount Wilhelm, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

Turnem Head Ceremony, Awagi village, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

Workers harvesting tea on a plantation, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

A potter at Yabob Ceramics Centre beating out pots for firing, Madang, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

A dancing Tabuan or spirit man, New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

Two men dressed and decorated for part of an initiation ceremony, Cheragum village near Maprik district, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968, 1 / Robin Smith

Moga offering of hundreds of kina shells laid out on the ground, Mount Hagen area, Papua New Guinea, approximately 1968 / Robin Smith

Hospital wards to cater for casualties, Popondetta, Jan 1951, 1 / Albert Speer