IDNO

P.99884.VH

Description

F.H. Dufty studio portrait of a Fijian man with oiled hair, dressed in war or ceremonial dress, with a fringed white barkcloth iwabale shoulder sash, similar waist sash, and with a striped and pleated pandanus leaf liku overskirt over his malo loincloth. The muscles of his legs below the knees are braced by braided black vesasausauwai wrappings, the fringes of which are studded with trade beads. He holds an iulatavatava throwing club. Circa 1876. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; ?Levuka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?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.

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]