The Duk Duk society, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea Amedee Varin with spectators lining the road

with spectators lining the road

Scene showing a prizefight in progress at a venue in St Martin's Street

The botanical garden at Palermo Park

holding brass dividers

Peter's Basilica in Vatican City

The Duk Duk society, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea Amedee Varin with spectators lining the roadThe Duk Duk society, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, 1920. Young men being initiated before they can marry. The Duk Duk is a secret society of the Tolai people of the Rabaul area of New Britain, the largest island of the Bismarck archipelago. The society has religious, political and social objectives and traditionally enforced law and order among the Tolai. Its members wear short bushy capes made from leaves and cone shaped masks. A print from