item details
NameCocoa Pods
ProductionThomas Andrew; photographer; 1890-1910; Sāmoa
Classificationgelatin silver prints, photographic prints, black-and-white prints
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, photographic paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Dimensions16, 22
Registration NumberO.001172
Overview
Large heap of cocoa pods visible in the centre of the image, a man is standing to the right of this pile gripping a metal (gathering) instrument in his left hand (and a cocoa pod in his right). Storage containers, grass and vegetation in the background, porous rocks in sight in the foreground.