IDNO

P.87276.VH

Description

Studio full-length portrait of Rakau, a Fijian man, wearing European-style clothing. The studio is decorated with a potplant on top of a balstrade with curtains in the background. [JD 30/9/2009, updated JD 26/12/2011]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Rakau

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1875

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/.

P.87275.VH to P.87277.VH are pasted on one sheet.

Photographer: Doubt this is photographed by the Dufty brothers. The studio (see particularly the patterned floor) looks very different. [Alex Nadin, 30/9/2003]

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 26/12/2011]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Alex Nadin, 30/9/2003]