IDNO

P.99988.VH

Description

A Kai Colo or Vitilevu highlander of the Noiemalu, Wainimala. Early 1870s. See P.4117.ACH1, P.87319.VH, P.87320.VH, P.99989.VH and P.99993.VH. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003]

Cropped studio portrait of a bearded Kai Colo or Vitilevu highlander of the Noiemalu (Wainimala) with a traditional hairstyle of long hair below his ears plaited into long tobe plaits. The head and shoulders portrait has been cropped from a group portrait of three men, and the shoulder of the man on the left is still visible. A portion of the studio painted backdrop and curtain can be seen in the background.
Circa 1873-1874. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003, from record P.4117.ACH1, updated JD 5/11/2011]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Ovalau Island; Levuka; Viti Levu

Cultural Affliation

Kai Colo

Named Person

Photographer

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.

Photographer: This image was provisionally attributed to “Dufty Brothers, Levuka”, but Dufty’s Levuka studio is recognisable through the painted studio backdrop to represent a view out a window with shutters (note the knob added to the shutter that casts a shadow). (See uncropped duplicate image, P.87320.VH.) This appears to be a feature of Dufty’s studio thorughout the 1870s, although the landscape ‘view’ changes around 1875-1876. The brocade curtain patterned with a floral design framed by a diamond-shaped outline is also distinct to Dufty’s Levuka studio. The Photographer, Date, and Place fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 13/3/2012]

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