IDNO

P.87235.VH

Description

F.H Dufty carte de visite studio photograph of a Rotuman woman, with her long hair oiled and ringleted in European or American fashion of the ?1860s, with metal locket attached to a dark cloth band at her throat and wearing a striped blouse with elbow length sleeves that is nothing like the off-the-shoulder Fijian vinivoa bodice, being buttoned at the throat, and a striped skirt. Her Westernised dress and appearance suggest she may have been married to a European.
Early to mid 1870s. See P.87244.VH for others of what may be the same family. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka; Rotuma [Rotumah]

Cultural Affliation

Rotuman

Named Person

Photographer

Dufty, Francis Herbert (Dufty Brothers, Levuka)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1870 - 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/.

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 22/12/2011]

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