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Mulianga High Chief Malietoa Party Samoa

Object | Part of Photography collection

item details

NameMulianga High Chief Malietoa Party Samoa
ProductionMuir & Moodie; photography studio; Dunedin
Unknown; photographer; Upolu
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives, portraits
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.016554
Credit linePurchased 1943

Overview

Man kneeling on woven mats in front of a fale with thatched roof and woven mat walls. A kava bowl with cup to right. Man is dressed in tuiga (headdress), necklace, bark skirt and bark anklets. He holds a steel serated sword like implement.