IDNO

P.99772.VH

Description

F.H. Dufty photograph of a sketch by A.J. L. Gordon of the junction of the Wainibuka and Wainimala Rivers, which converge to form the Wailevu or Rewa River in the highlands of eastern Vitilevu, drawn during his journey across the heart of Vitilevu with Walter Carew in 1875. Korobasabasaga Range in distance, inland from Namosi. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; eastern Viti Levu; Wainibuka River; Wainimala River; Rewa River; Korobasabasaga Range; Namosi [Wailevu River]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Gordon, Arthur J.L. [Original Artist]; Dufty, Francis Herbert (Dufty Brothers, Levuka)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

post 1875

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 10/1/2012]

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