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Longoteme, Tonga. 1963

Object | Part of Photography collection

item details

NameLongoteme, Tonga. 1963
ProductionAns Westra; photographer; 1963; Tongatapu
Ans Westra; printer; 2002
Classificationblack-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, documentary photographs, works of art
Materialsphotographic gelatin, photographic paper, silver
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 264mm (height), 268mm (length)
Registration NumberO.027212
Credit linePurchased 2002

Overview

Eleven women with seven young children are seated cross-legged on coconut palm leaves in a semi circle. One woman in the centre of the circle is pouring water into a kava bowl which another woman is making. They are seated beneath a breadfruit tree. In the background is a fale with weaved coconut palm leaf thatching for the sides and roofing.