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SHARK CALLERS

54 images Created 14 Nov 2008

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  • Robert, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, scans the horizon from his dugout canoe for signs of sharks..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • A shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Linette, a young girl from Tembin village on the West Coast of New Ireland carries laundry to the river..Tembin, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
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  • Elias Ionnie, elder of the shark calling community..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Men of the village of Tembin gather in the evening under the cool of a mango tree to chew beetle nut and talk..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • A shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, brings in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Obet, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • A dolphin speared by the men of Kontu is butchered on the reef shallows..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Obet, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Salome, a young girl from Tembin village on the west coast of New Ireland..Tembin, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
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  • A shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, brings in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • A young boy from Kontu village plays on a speared dolphin watching the men of the village out on the reef continue the hunt..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Robert, an elder member of the shark calling community of Kontu..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Obet, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Linette, a young girl from Tembin village on the West Coast of New Ireland carries laundry to the river..Tembin, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
    GSBPNG1002G040.jpg
  • A young boy from Kontu village plays on a speared dolphin watching the men of the village out on the reef continue the hunt..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002H008.jpg
  • Robert, a shark caller from Kontu, paddles out to the edge of the reef at sunset to make incantations to bring him luck in his hunt for sharks the following morning..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Shark caller Robert teaches the boys of Tembin village the traditions of his people in the "hausboy"... a hut in the village set aside for all the boys to live in once they attain a certain age..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Linette, a young girl from Tembin village on the West Coast of New Ireland carries laundry to the river..Tembin, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
    GSBPNG1002G038.jpg
  • A shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, brings in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002I011.jpg
  • Boys from Tembin village play rugby on New Ireland "West Coast Road"..Tembin, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea.
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  • Linette, a young girl from Tembin village on the West Coast of New Ireland..Tembin, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
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  • A young boy from Kontu village plays on a speared dolphin watching the men of the village out on the reef continue the hunt..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • A hut in the village of Tembin on the beach..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • A young boy from Kontu village drags a dead dolphin on the reef shallows next to another dolphin speared out on the reef by the men of the village..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Robert, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, brings in a dolphin he speared on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002H028.jpg
  • Obet, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002I029.jpg
  • Robert, a shark caller from Kontu, paddles out to the edge of the reef at sunset to make incantations to bring him luck in his hunt for sharks the following morning..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002O017.jpg
  • A young boy from Kontu village plays on a speared dolphin watching the men of the village out on the reef continue the hunt..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002H011.jpg
  • Robert, an elder member of the shark calling community of Kontu..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • A speared dolphin lies dead and bleeding on the reef shallows..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Robert, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, brings in a dolphin he speared on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002H027.jpg
  • A shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, brings in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002I013.jpg
  • Obet, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Shark caller Robert from Tembin village on the West Coast blows his conch shell..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Obet, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Linette, a young girl from Tembin village on the West Coast of New Ireland..Tembin, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
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  • Girls from the village of Kontu clean a dolphins intestines in the reef shallows..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Obet, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002I034.jpg
  • A young boy from Kontu village plays on the reef shallows next to a speared dolphin... out on the reef the men of the village continue the hunt..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Elias Ionnie, elder of the shark calling community..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • A shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, brings in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • A boy watches as a dolphin speared by the men of Kontu is butchered on the reef shallows..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
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  • Linette, a young girl from Tembin village on the West Coast of New Ireland..Tembin, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
    GSBPNG1002J035.jpg
  • Obet, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002I019.jpg
  • A shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, brings in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002I010.jpg
  • A shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002I017.jpg
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  • Robert, a shark caller from Kontu, paddles out to the edge of the reef at sunset to make incantations to bring him luck in his hunt for sharks the following morning..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002O016.jpg
  • A dolphin speared by the men of Kontu is butchered on the reef shallows..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002H020.jpg
  • A shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland is surrounded by excited children after bringing in a shark he caught on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002I015.jpg
  • Robert, a shark caller from Kontu village on the West Coast of New Ireland, brings in a dolphin he speared on his outrigger canoe..Kontu, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea;
    GSBPNG1002H026.jpg