IDNO

P.99704.VH

Description

“Fijian Oil Dishes Tongan Clubs.” [von Hügel’s caption]

“Cannibal fork for eating human flesh. Oil dishes for coconut oil to annoint the body, And clubs. (In my collection).”
iCulanibokola sacrificial flesh fork: CUMAA Z
Dariniyaqona / dariniwaiwai yaqona / oil dish: CUMAA Z
Darileba oil / yaqona dish, CUMAA Z
Apart from the velaudromu at left and the mace-headed waka at right, the clubs are of Tongan types, but very likely used and evidently collected in Fiji. [Fergus Clunie, 16/10/2003, from record P.100274.VH, JD 9/12/2011]

Physical Condition: This print has come loose from the album page. Mounted to form a carte-de-visite.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Tonga; ?Viti Levu

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Dufty, Francis Herbert (Dufty Brothers, Levuka)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1875 - 1876

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

Carte-de-visite; Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99674.VH to P.99724.VH are in A.174.VH. The album was formerly kept in paper archive Large Box G; VH1/4/5. It has now been transferred to the photo archive. The lists describing the contents of this box have been returned to the Paper Archive.

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [A. Nadin, 4/9/2003]