item details
NameUnknown Samoan woman
ProductionThomas Andrew; photographer; 1890-1910; Sāmoa
Classificationphotographic prints, portraits, black-and-white prints
Materialssilver, photographic paper
Materials SummaryBlack and white photograph
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 148mm (width), 200mm (height)
Registration NumberO.001206
Credit lineGift of Alison Beckett and Robert McPherson, 1996
Overview
Portrait of a woman sitting on a pile of grassy material, (looking slightly to the viewers' right). Her bobbed hair is half-up with a fern headwreath (in place), and she wears a choker and glass necklace. Her bodice is stuffed with ferns and a titi covers her white crocketed skirt. She holds an ili (fan) in her right hand - backdrop to portrait is of an image including sea waves.