IDNO

T.111331.GTN

Description

Five men and a woman queuing in front of a window of possibly a clinic? or shop? in probably Fiji. The man second in the queue is holding a tied bunch of harvested taro root. [HE 10/14/2011, updated JD 12/10/2018]

There is a tied bunch of taro in the foreground. [Information by the Ancient Futures Project, JD 12/10/2018]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; ?Fiji

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Merensky, Jutta (later Gethen)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1960s

Collection Name

Gethen Collection

Source

Hofmeyr, Carol and Hofmeyr, Justus (Dr.s)

Format

Transparency Colour

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.111323.GTN - T.111468.GTN were found in a green shoe box, now numbered C619/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “Oceania Polynesia; ?Cook Islands; ?Samoa; ?Tonga; ?Fiji”, but has now been identified as probably relating to Fiji by the Ancient Futures Project. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [The Ancient Futures Research Team comprises of Tongan Artists and specialists in Tongan history, material culture and museum collections, JD 12/10/2018]