IDNO

P.87271.VH

Description

Studio portrait of a Fijian man wearing a beaded necklace and wearing a smoked masikuvui waist sash over a patterned masi isulu with long dangling fringes, both from its downturned upper edge and from its hem.
Levuka, 1870s. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Dufty Brothers, Levuka

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1870 - 1880

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Photomechanical Print

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: A set of the same or similar woodburytype from Dufty portraits are in the collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, some of which are named, see reference 1998.237 [E. Edwards]

Photographer: This image was previously provisionally attributed to Dufty, but the fan, chair, and studio wall with skirting board are identifiable as being of Francis Dufty’s studio, Levuka. (Compare with P.70157.ACH2.) [JD 28/3/2012]

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.