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B/W image: Panguna open-cut gold mine, once the world's largest, is now a ghost mine due to the long civil war in Bougainville
B/W image: Panguna open-cut gold mine, once the world's largest, is now a ghost mine due to the long civil war in Bougainville
Object Number 2015.5.26.40
Display Title B/W image: Panguna open-cut gold mine, once the world's largest, is now a ghost mine due to the long civil war in Bougainville
Descriptions
Object Description B/W image: Panguna open-cut gold mine, once the world's largest, is now a ghost mine due to the long civil war in Bougainville; two images of mine
Classification
  • Art 2-D
Department Photographic
Date 2011
Artist Stephen Dupont
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Digital
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Received from Stephen Dupont

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