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Unidentified Solomon Island Man

Object | Part of Photography collection

item details

NameUnidentified Solomon Island Man
ProductionThomas Andrew; photographer; 1890-1910
Classificationphotographic prints, portraits, black-and-white prints
Dimensions166, 216
Registration NumberO.002242

Overview

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.