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#3124 Three young women, Tasman Island (Nukumanu), Para-Polynesia Real photo postcard, c 1920 Photographer: E.A. Hawnt, Rabaul (wet stamp verso) 134 x 83 mm The Tasman Island group is an extremely remote atoll situated 680 km east of New Ireland. The culture of this group is Polynesian, the original inhabitants having migrated westwards from Polynesia. The atoll is now severely threatened by rising sea levels. Very fine condition.