IDNO

P.99951.VH

Description

F.H. Dufty studio portrait of a bearded Fijian man wearing a cloth isulu skirt and waist sash.
Circa 1873 -1874. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

?Ratu William Bulu

Photographer

Dufty, Francis Herbert (Dufty Brothers, Levuka)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1873 - 1874

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.

Named Person: The man may possibly be named as ‘Ratu William Bulu?’ on the reverse of the print. [JD 12/3/2012]

Photographer: Dufty’s 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 photographs. This configuration of studio props appears to be used by Dufty between circa 1870 - 1875. [JD 12/3/2012]

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 25/1/2012]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [A. Nadin, 29/9/2003]