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'Pig kills'

Archive Collections / RC and GM Prescott / 'Pig kills'
Collection: RC and GM Prescott
Quantity:    17   35mm color slides
Series Identifier: SAMA 1190/06
Pig Kills (ie. slaughtering domestic pigs for food). Image location is shown in "Item Inventory" notes if known.

This series documents life in Papua New Guinea pre-independence, from the view of a patrol officer's daily routine.

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Included Items
SAMA 1190/6/1 - Four standing women
SAMA 1190/6/2 - Group photograph seated village people
SAMA 1190/6/3 - Preparing fire
SAMA 1190/6/4 - Seated family
SAMA 1190/6/5 - Group photograph, seated village people
SAMA 1190/6/6 - Children amongst seated villagers
SAMA 1190/6/7 - Seated villagers some wearing woven cloaks
SAMA 1190/6/8 - Pigs laid out before fire pits
SAMA 1190/6/9 - Men cutting pig with axes
SAMA 1190/6/10 - Men cutting pig with axes
SAMA 1190/6/11 - Group photograph village people
SAMA 1190/6/12 - Seated village people
SAMA 1190/6/13 - Seated village people
SAMA 1190/6/14 - Group photograph filling the fire pit
SAMA 1190/6/15 - Group photograph feasting villagers
SAMA 1190/6/16 - Two women tending the fire
SAMA 1190/6/17 - Group photograph, person carrying a long pipe
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