IDNO

P.103550.VH

Description

Portrait of Enele Ma'afu'atuitoga, a Tongan Chief, sitting on a chair amongst eleven men and women annotated as being his ‘Tongan retinue’. [JD 29/4/2008]

Physical Condition: Faded, yellowing, support board torn. [JD 26/3/2008]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Tonga

Cultural Affliation

Tongan; Fijian

Named Person

Enele Ma’afu’otu’itoga (Ma’afu, Mafu)

Photographer

?Stewart, Richard Warren (Captain, R.E.)

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

circa 1876

Collection Name

Von Hugel Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Biographical Information: Enele Ma'afu'atuitoga, commonly known as Ma'afu, was a Tongan chief who led an army of Christian Tongans and their allies from eastern Fiji. [Source: Brittanica Online, JD 26/3/2008]

Source: This photograph is part of a collection of 32 prints and one album that was loaned to Tim Bayliss-Smith in the 1980s by the Museum before the photographs were accessioned as part of the Photograph Collections. Tim Bayliss-Smith returned the prints to the Museum for accessioning on 10 March 2008. [Jocelyne Dudding 25/3/2008]

Related Image: This print or negative appears to be a unique image within the MAA Photograph Collections. [JD 4/2/2012]