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Series269 - Martha Macintyre and Simon Foale photographic prints of Lihir, Papua New Guinea
Item1 - John Lakenbos of LMC's Environment Department surfacing in late 1997 with a sediment sampling tube, and enjoying a close encournter with Rainbow Runners (Elegatis bipinulatis) off the South-East Coast of Niolam Island. Meausurements of sediment deposition
Item2 - An ore truck drives past a plastic covered second-grade ore stockpile. The plastic was part of a trail to mitigate Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) otherwise referred to as Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), whereby sulphuric acid is generated by the oxidation of the pyri
Item3 - A child walks towards the church at Kinami, south Londolovit, with the massive cloud-shrouded edifice of Mount Katnaulen in the background. Kinami sits in the centre of one of the five old calderas that make up the island of Niolam.
Item4 - A small boy holds a rainbow Lorikeet (also very common in Austalia) that has been downed with a slingshot (in background) on Masahet Island. Rubber from the tyre tubes that became abundantly available following the commencement of mining has been commonl
Item5 - The flower of the ko (TOK Pisin: Pau) (Barrington edulis) tree. The nuts of this tree are edible, and the leaves are frequently used as plates, particularly at feast.
Item6 - Flower girls - these young women are performing a Christian hymn and dance during a school fundraiser at Samo Village, 1998.
Item7 - Three young girls wearing traditional adornment made from plants and natural pigments. The girl on the left holds a coral banch, from which lime is processed, then mixed with water and used as face and body paint.
Item8 - Clansmen making an entrance to a large feast at Malie Island in 2002. The large baskets they carry are distinctive of the Lihirian culture. They usually carry betelnut (TP:buai), pepper (TP: daka), lime (TP: kambang), tobacco (TP: brus), and are decorat
Item9 - Young girl wearing items of Lihirian adornment. Red pigment from the seeds of the Bixa tree is used as a face and body paint, ornamental leaves tied as a necklace and red hibiscus flowers worn in hair and sometime in armbands. The colour red is associat
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The flower of the ko (TOK Pisin: Pau) (Barrington edulis) tree. The nuts of this tree are edible, and the leaves are frequently used as plates, particularly at feast.

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