IDNO

P.99846.VH

Description

F.H. Dufty studio portrait of Yadi Unaisi, younger sister of Yadi Arieta Kuila [P.99843.VH]. See P.4111.ACH1. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Studio portrait of Yadi Unaisi of Bau, a Fijian woman and younger sister of Yadi Arieta Kuila of Bau, wearing flowers in her hair, a trade bead necklace with a small white cowrie shell hanging from it, and an on-the-shoulder vinivoa (pinafore) or bodice. The bouquet of flowers she is holding has been retouched out; definition has been added to her right side of her face. See P.87231.VH.
Early to mid 1870s. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003, from record P.4111.ACH1, updated JD 9/11/2011]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Yadi Unaisi

Photographer

Dufty, Francis Herbert (Dufty Brothers, Levuka)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa ?1870 - ?1880

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.

Biographical Information: For a thumbnail sketch of Yadi Unaisi’s character, see The Fiji Journals of Baron Anatole von Hugel, 1875-1877, p. 360. Ca 1869/71. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003]

Photographer: This print was provisionally attributed to “?Dufty Brothers, Levuka”, but the related print, P.70867.ACH2, is described as been taken by Dufty. This is consistent with the style and props used in the image. The Photographer field has been amended accordingly. [JD 7/3/2012]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [A. Nadin, 10/9/2003]