IDNO

P.99750.VH

Description

P.99750.VH to P.99754.VH: A set of four J.W. Lindt, Melbourne, prints of Beqa island firewalking.
P.99750.VH features the heating of the big lovo or pit oven by burning heavy firewood. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu; Beqa

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Lindt, John William

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa ?1870 - ?1880

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99725.VH to P.99758.VH were in the belted folder now numbered C539/1/. This 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.

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 8/1/2012]

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