Rare 1800s Photo Native New Britain Islanders DUK-DUK Dancers, Papua New Guinea RPPC and one or two small

and one or two small specks of corrosion and a tiny mold spider

these are so light that I wonder if they might have been from the colorist's brush and the color is now faded

but why would a blind person with her eyes closed weareyeglasses

slightly creepy original photograph measuring 3

Rare 1800s Photo Native New Britain Islanders DUK-DUK Dancers, Papua New Guinea RPPC and one or two smallRare original cabinet card of New Britain native Duk Duk dancers with ceremonial costume. New Britain is an island east of New Guinea in the South Pacific. Duk Duk is a secret society, part of the traditional culture of the Tolai people of the Rabaul area of New Britain. The label affixed to the back of this image is in German, giving the location as Matupi (New Britain), and was probably taken by German colonists. Light soiling and some foxing, as