IDNO

D.153928.VH

Description

On Manual listing: "Fiji.
List of Woodcuts.
23. Profile of Tholai valu." [typed text signed and dated F.J. Hayter, 27/02/1933]

A pen and ink drawing by Arthur J.L Gordon of “Colai Valu of the Nailega tribe, Dela Vatu Levu, 23rd July 1875”, made when he journeyed in the interior of Vitilevu with Walter Carew in 1875 and reproduced photograpically for inclusion in his pamphlet of that tour. [Fergus Clunie, 26/7/2003, description from P.87259.VH, JD 27/11/2022[

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu; Dela Vatu Levu

Cultural Affliation

Kai Colo [historically Big Head Mountaineers]

Named Person

Photographer

Gordon, Arthur J.L. [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron); Hayter, F.J. [Book editor]

Date

post 23 July 1875; 27 February 1933

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

Format

Photomechanical Book Illustration

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.153893.VH - D.153980.VH were transferred from the Paper Archive VH1/4/9 (envelope 5), in 2021, and located in a paper folder now numbered C1045/.

P.153893.VH - D.153944.VH and D.156631.VH were located in a blue paper folder now numbered C1045/1.

D.153901.VH - D.153944.VH were found together in a paper folder, now numbered C1045/1/2.