IDNO

P.99870.VH

Description

“Andi [Yadi] Arieta Kuila and her son Timothe [Timoce]”

F.H. Dufty studio portrait of Yadi Kuila, the eldest daughter of Ratu Seru Cakobau and Yadi Litia Samanunu of Bau. See P.99867.VH.
Circa 1876. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Yadi Arieta Kuila; Ratu Timoce Tavanavanua

Photographer

Dufty, Francis Herbert (Dufty Brothers, Levuka)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 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.

Photographer: Dufty’s Levuka studio is recognisable through the backdrop of foliage, including banana leaves to the right and the pineapple? plant to the left. The same chair also appears in a number of Dufty’s portrits. The same iirimasei chief’s or priest’s fan, made from a single leaf with regular spacing and spaced fringing, only appears in Dufty’s early photographs with the above mentioned foliage. This configuration of studio props appears to be used by Dufty between circa 1870 - 1875. The Photographer and Place fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 12/3/2012]

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 16/1/2012]

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