IDNO

P.99858.VH

Description

“Vaka, Waitova [=Waitovu], Ovalau Island.” [von Hügel's annotation]

See P.87395.VH, P.87357.VH. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Dufty studio portrait of “Vaka, Waitova [=Waitovu], Ovalau Island”, a young Christian Fijian man wearing an unusual necklet, and a white fringed barkcloth waist sash.
Circa 1875-1876. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003, from record P.87357.VH, updated JD 29/12/2011]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka; Waitovu

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Vaka

Photographer

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.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.

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