IDNO

P.87257.VH

Description

Head and shoulders portrait of a Fijian man with a flamboyant hairstyle. The print is embossed DUFTY BRO LEVUKA FIJI. 1870s - early 1880s? [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Dufty Brothers, Levuka (Dufty, Francis Herbert)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa ?1870 - ?1885

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

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 23/12/2011]

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