item details
NameFamily group
ProductionGeorge Crummer; circa 1914; Cook Islands
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, group portraits
Materialssheet glass, silver, photographic plates
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Dimensions4.5, 6.5
Registration NumberB.027659
Overview
Large family group gathered in three rows. Three men are standing at the rear. In the middle row are five women, one of whom has a button accordion. In the front row are four women sitting in chairs, one of them holding a small child and a young girl can be seen standing at one end. In front of the rest a middle-aged man is lying prostrate on the ground using one hand to hold up his head