IDNO

P.99888.VH

Description

Studio portrait of a Fijian man wearing a batinivuaka boar tusk pendant at his throat - the same pendant as P.99887.VH. 1880s? [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Waters, J.W.; ?Caine & Co., Suva

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa ?1880 - ?1890

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 17/1/2012]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [JD 17/1/2012]