IDNO

P.99762.VH

Description

Burton Brothers of Dunedin photograph by Alfred Burton, looking from Suvavou towards the Suva peninsula, with Fijian men, woman and a baby in the foreground. Good details of everyday Fijian dress of the time. One of the men has a gugu club over his shoulder, another is squatting with a sawn down bo'ai club. The man wearing a shirt holds a multi-pronged sasai fishing or fowling spear. 1884. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu; Near Suva

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Burton, Alfred (Burton Bros., Dunedin)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

June - July 1884

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99759.VH to P.99825.VH were in the belted folder now numbered C539/2/. 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 9/1/2012]

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