Object:

Unknown Solomon Island Man

Title / object name  Unknown Solomon Island Man
Maker  Role  Date  
Andrew, Thomas  photographer  1890 - 1910  
Dimensions
166 (Height) x 216 (Length)
Classification  photographic prints, portraits, black-and-white prints
Registration Number  O.002242

Studio portrait of a young man standing, 3/4 profile view. He is wearing finely beaded strings across his chest, upper arms and forearm. He is also wearing a beaded waistband which has a British flag on it. In addition he has two large, cylindrical earrings, shells and string in his hair and a large feather sticking from the top of his head. He is holding a painted stick which has a carved fish on it.

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