IDNO

P.87208.VH

Description

Group portrait of the same white man as in P.87207, P.87210, and P.87387 flanked by three Fijian men, one with his hair recently limed, wearing shirts and isulu. From the look of the stone slab facings to the yavu housemound, probably Bau island.
1895. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Near Viti Levu; Bau Island

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

1895

Collection Name

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.87203 to P.87221 were in the Museum’s paper archive envelope, OA2/5/12, which has now been re-numbered C511/.

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 21/12/2011]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [A. Nadin, 2/7/2003]