IDNO

P.99765.VH

Description

Dufty Brothers photograph of Serua Island which lies, Bau-like, just off the coast of Vitilevu - in this case the middle of the south coast. The stone jetty that was built for the governor, Sir Arthur Gordon, in 1876 can be seen jutting out onto what at low tide are mudflats which extend well beyond the end of it. The building with the white-washed walls built of coral cement, and with white cowry shells covering the extended ends of its ridge-pole, may be the church. The vale are more or less lined up in the colonially approved manner, but the village still retains much early character, with some fenced household compounds remaining.
Late 1870s? [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Serua Island

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Dufty Brothers, Levuka

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1876 - 1880

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]