Rare 1800s Photo Native New Britain Islanders DUK-DUK Dancers, Papua New Guinea murder taken by Auburn Photograph Rooms

taken by Auburn Photograph Rooms

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I believe they were likely all taken either in San Francisco or surrounding cities

possibly for memorial purposes

Rare 1800s Photo Native New Britain Islanders DUK-DUK Dancers, Papua New Guinea murder taken by Auburn Photograph RoomsRare 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