Men with fishing canoe on beach, Delena, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1905-1915

Returning from fishing". On reverse, caption reads "More probably setting out to fish!". Categorized as "Delena: Home Life and Occupations".; One of set of 114 mounted prints by H.M. Dauncey, categorized as: Missionaries and Church Work; Educational; Home Life and Occupations; Manners and Customs or Landscape. Dauncey served the L.M.S. in Papua New Guinea, mainly in the Delena district , for forty years from 1888 to 1928. He published a book for children in 1913, entitled Papuan Pictures, which contains over sixty of his photographs. Dauncey describes the purpose of this book in the epilogue, "To enlist your sympathy and help for those who know a little, and for the many who remain who have never heard of the message, is the aim of these Papuan Pictures.

该照片题为《捕鱼归来》（Returning from fishing），其背面题注为「更有可能是正准备出海捕鱼！」，分类归属为「德莱纳（Delena）：家庭生活与职业」。此为H.M.丹西（H.M. Dauncey）创作的114张装裱摄影作品套装之一，该套装共分为四类：传教士与教会工作、教育、家庭生活与职业、风俗与景观。1888年至1928年的四十年间，丹西在巴布亚新几内亚为伦敦传道会（L.M.S.）服务，主要活动区域为德莱纳地区。他于1913年出版了一本面向儿童的著作《巴布亚影像（Papuan Pictures）》，书中收录了他的六十余幅摄影作品。丹西在该书的后记中阐明了创作初衷：「本卷《巴布亚影像》的创作宗旨，在于唤起诸位对略知福音者的同情与支持，同时为那些始终未曾听闻过福音讯息的广大民众发声。」