item details
NameSamoan Chief Justice and Wife
ProductionMuir & Moodie; photography studio; New Zealand
Unknown; photographer; Sāmoa
Unknown; photographer; Sāmoa
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.017584
Credit linePurchased 1943
Overview
Man sitting on chair and woman standing (left) on woven mats in front of a fale with thatched roof and woven mat walls. Man is dressed in headdress, necklace, bark skirt over a cloth printed skirt. He holds an implement. Woman has a headdress, necklace, blouse with a cloth wrapped around her waist and a grass skirt.