IDNO

P.87341.VH

Description

Portrait of a Christian Fijian man standing against the wall of a thatched vale (house) with makita leaf wall thatching. He is wearing an everyday cotton isulu wrap-around skirt. A spurred cali war club has been leant against the wall. See also P.87342.VH, P.87384.VH, P.87385.VH, P.87386.VH
1875-1876? [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Near Levuka; ?Waitovu

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Dufty, Francis Herbert (Dufty Brothers, Levuka)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1875 - 1877

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

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/.

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 26/11/2011]

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