IDNO

P.99784.VH

Description

F.H. Dufty photograph of a valerausina or western Vitilevu type house, built on a high stone-faced yavu or mound symbolic of exalted spiritual and authoritative status, with a cleated ramp leading up to its doorway. Arthur J.L. Gordon, the governor’s private secretary, lounging in the doorway with Nevil Gordon, the governor’s tomboy daughter. Captain Louis Knollys, the governor's ADC, standing by ramp. Two of the seated Fijian men have their hair dressed with lime and ashes.
See P.99779.VH for a roadside view of the same building. P.99799.VH for its location.
1875 - 1876. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Arthur J. L. Gordon; Richard Nevil Hamilton Gordon; Captain Louis F. Knollys

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

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]