IDNO

P.87231.VH

Description

Studio portrait of ‘Yadi Unaisi’ of Bau, with flowers or artificial flowers in her hair, and a trade bead necklace at her throat, and wearing a white off-the-shoulder bodice or vinivoa (literally “pinafore”) with elbow length sleeves with bands of coloured trim and streamers falling from the left shoulder, plus what looks like a fringed travel rug for an isulu skirt. She is holding a large iirimasei fan, made from a single leaf of the niumasei or fan-palm, Pritchardia pacifica.
Circa 1869-1875. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto thin card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka; Bau

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Yadi Unaisi

Photographer

Dufty Brothers, Levuka

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1875

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Carte-de-visite; Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.87222.VH to P.87277.VH were found loose in the Museum’s paper archive envelope, VH1/4/7, which has now been re-numbered C512/.

Biographical Information: For a thumbnail sketch of Yadi Unaisi’s character, see The Fiji Journals of Baron Anatole von Hugel, 1875-1877, p. 360. Ca 1869/71. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003]

Photographer: This print was provisionally attributed to “?Dufty Brothers, Levuka”, but the related print, P.70867.ACH2, is described as been taken by Dufty. This is consistent with the style and props used in the image. The Photographer field has been amended accordingly. [JD 7/3/2012]

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 9/11/2011]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One.