IDNO

P.99973.VH

Description

F.H. Dufty studio portrait of a man in Christian war or review garb holding an irimasei fan made from a leaf of the niumasei fan palm, Pritchardia pacifica, and an iuladrisia throwing club. Essentially his dress consists of the old time malo loincloth, hitched high in the provocative malowala manner, and with a maloyara or train looped to it, masked from the hips down by a liku skirt studded with shell rather than glass trade beads, and a rakishly worn iwabale shoulder sash.
Circa 1873-1876. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Dufty, Francis Herbert (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.

Photographer: Dufty’s Levuka studio is recognisable through his use of this specific iirimasei fan, with an edging of a double roll and triangular cut? leaves, as a studio prop (see P.87396.VH for full detail of three of the iirimasei used). A wooden chair with turned legs in front of a brocade curtain patterned with a floral design framed by a diamond-shaped outline is also distinct to Dufty’s Levuka studio. This configuration of studio props appears to be used by Dufty between circa 1875 - 1876. The Photographer, Date, and Place fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 13/3/2012]

Photographer: The along with the wooden chair, are recognisable as used by Duftys’ Studio, Levuka, circa 1875 - 1876. The Photographer, Date, and Place fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 26/3/2012]

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 26/1/2012]

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [A. Nadin, 13/10/2003]