IDNO

P.87327.VH

Description

Dufty studio portrait of a bearded Fijian man wearing a fringed white barkcloth iwabale shoulder sash.
Circa 1875-1876. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

“Petiro [Petero = “Pedro”], Ovalau Island”. See P.87327.VH. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003, from record P.99860.VH, JD 15/1/2012]

Physical Condition: There is a blue ink line drawn over the print, that seem to indicate potential trimming of the image for publication. [Alex Nadin, 30/9/2003]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Pedro (Petiro; Petero)

Photographer

Dufty Brothers, Levuka (Dufty, Francis Herbert)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1875 - 1876

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Carte-de-visite; Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.87321.VH to P.87342.VH were in the envelope now numbered C512/4/. This envelope came from the Museum’s paper archive envelope VH1/4/7, which has now been re-numbered C512/.

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Alex Nadin, 12/02/2003]