IDNO

P.87292.VH

Description

Raphael Tuck & Sons postcard (1924) of a group of Fijian children at Namosi in the southern highlands of Vitilevu, dressed, despite the caption, in everyday wear. The boys have shaved heads with top-knot tufts - an old tradition.
Fiji government public relations photograph. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu; Namosi Village

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd [Publishers]

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1920 - 1924

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Postcard Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.87284.VH to P.87296.VH were in the print envelope now numbered C512/2/. This envelope came from the Museum’s paper archive envelope VH1/4/7, which has now been re-numbered C512/.

Publication: On Rod Ewins’ internet site ‘www.justpacific.com’:
““Fijian children”.
Tuck’s Post Card. Publisher Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., By Appointment. Copyright Fiji Government, Printed in England.
No date. Probably around 1920. On the reverse is the caption: “Children in a native village. Some of them are rather overdressed to face the camera”. The curiously-shaped rock in the background is identifiable as Navatu, on the northern Ra coast of Vitilevu.” [A. Nadin, 2/7/2003]

Publication: Duplicates of this postcard are on the websites ‘www.janeresture.com/fijihome/postcards.htm’ and
‘www.justpacific.com’ in the section concerning the photographs used on Fijian postcards. [A. Nadin, 2/7/2003]

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. [A. Nadin, 2/7/2003]