item details
NameLongoteme, Tonga 1963.
ProductionAns Westra; photographer; 1963; Tongatapu
Ans Westra; printer; 2002
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), 266mm (length)
Registration NumberO.027213
Credit linePurchased 2002
Overview
Two girls are washing clothes. Girl (left) is sitting cross-legged on coconut palm leaves and is washing from a large tin bowl. Girl (right) is seated on a long stool and is washing using a wash board in a large tin tub. There is a large kettle in the foreground and a dog with its front paws behind them drinking from a different large tin tub.