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NEW GUINEA. A HEADDRESS MADE OF BRIGHTLY HUED FEATHERS AND A "COLLAR" OF SHELLS WAS WORN BY THOSE TWO SUB CHIEFS OF THE CHIMBU TRIBE WHO CAME DOWN FROM THE INTERIOR OF NEW GUINEA TO VISIT AN AUSTRALIAN UNIT. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. LIEUTENANT G. WILLS MEETS TWO CHIMBU TRIBE SUB CHIEFS WHO CAME DOWN FROM THE CENTRE OF NEW GUINEA TO THE COAST. THEIR DRESS IS VERY COLOURFUL. THE HEAD PIECE IS MADE UP OF BRIGHTLY HUED FE
HIGITURA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-27. A YOUNG OROKAIVAN DANCER WEARING A BRILLIANT HEADDRESS MADE FROM BIRD OF PARADISE FEATHERS, AT A SPECIAL NATIVE DANCE CEREMONY HELD TO HONOUR THE VISIT OF THE HONOURA
LIEUTENANT COLONEL WALTER B. JONES FROM TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, A NATURALIST WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES, HOLDS A NEW GUINEA NATIVE AXE, WHICH HE CLAIMS IS IDENTICAL WITH AN AXE USED BY AN ANCIENT TRIBE OF
NEW GUINEA. ARMOURERS OF A RAAF BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON AT AN ADVANCED BASE IN NEW GUINEA OVERHAULING CANNON FROM THE MACHINES. THOUSANDS OF SHELLS FROM CANNON SUCH AS THESE WERE FIRED DURING THE ATTACKS
NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. TROOPS ON PATROL DUTY CROSS A DEEP RIVER ON A SMALL NATIVE MADE BAMBOO RAFT. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. LIEUT J.H. LANE OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA SITTING ON HIS P38 FIGHTER. THE FOUR FLAGS PAINTED ON THE SIDE INDICATE HE HAS SHOT DOWN 4 ZEROS IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
