IDNO

P.87357.VH

Description

Dufty studio portrait of “Vaka, Waitova [=Waitovu], Ovalau Island”, a young Christian Fijian man wearing an unusual necklet, and a white fringed barkcloth waist sash.
Circa 1875-1876. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003, updated JD 6/3/2012]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka; Waitovu

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Vaka

Photographer

Dufty Brothers, Levuka (Dufty, Francis Herbert)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1875 - 1876

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Photomechanical Print

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.87352.VH to P.87387.VH were in the envelope now numbered C512/6/. This envelope came from the Museum’s paper archive envelope VH1/4/7, which has now been re-numbered C512/.

Named Person: The man is named as “Vaka, Waitova [=Waitovu], Ovalau Island.” in P.99858.VH. The Description and Named Person fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 6/3/2012]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [A. Nadin, 2/7/2003]