item details
NameSailors
ProductionGeorge Crummer; 1912; Cook Islands
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, group portraits
Materialssheet glass, silver, photographic plates
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Dimensions165, 120
Registration NumberB.028282
Overview
Group of sailors from a warship in the Cook Islands during the visit of Maui Pomare. They are dressed up to look like Cook Island 'warriors', and are pretending to kill other sailors.