item details
NameThinking Woman
ProductionThomas Andrew; photographer; 1890-1910
Classificationalbumen prints, portraits, black-and-white prints
Materialssilver, albumen, photographic paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, albumen print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 141mm (width), 198mm (height)
Registration NumberO.001021
Overview
This is a portrait of Sāmoan woman Leata Iese wearing draped in a titi (overskirt) and wearing a ring on the little finger of her left hand. She is wearing a selu tuiga (headcomb) in her short hair, and has an ili (fan) in her lap.