Motuan dancing display at Port Moresby, New Guinea.

A Motuan dancing display put on the for the benefit of tourists in a large open field at Port Moresby, New Guinea. The Motuans are in three groups and each group has its own following of tourists. The dancers are in their national costume. The Cunard Line passenger cruise ship Franconia (1923) is at anchor offshore. She is in all white livery and is on a world cruise. The negative has a limited depth of field.

Object Details

ID: P94367
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Franconia (1923)
Date made: 1933-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 162 mm