IDNO

P.99832.VH

Description

Studio portrait of Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, eldest son of Ratu Seru Cakobau, Vunivalu of Bau, by his principal (and ultimately Christian) wife, Yadi Samanunu (Christian name Litia).
Early 1870s. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]
He wears an iwabale sash of white masi round his right shoulder and upper arm, a fringed white barkcloth waist sash over a cotton isulu kilt, and is holding an iuladrisia throwing club. [JD 26/4/2012]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; ?Levuka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Ratu Epeli Nailatikau (1842 - 1901)

Photographer

?Dufty Brothers, Levuka

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1870 - 1875

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99726.VH to P.100050.VH were in the belted folder now numbered C539/3/. 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.

Named Person: Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, Rokotui Tailevu (Roko = local officers in charge of a district, Tui = king or sovereign) is the eldest son of Ratu Seru Cakobau, Vuniivalu of Bau, Tui Viti (also known as Thakombau). [JD 28/3/2008]

Related Image: This commercial photograph appears more than once in the MAA Collections. There is no original negative. [JD 12/1/2012]

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