item details
NamePitcairn Islanders
ProductionEric Lee-Johnson; photographer; April 1938; Pitcairn Islands
Classificationblack-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints
Materialssilver, photographic paper, photographic gelatin
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesphotography
DimensionsImage: 209mm (height), 142mm (length)
Registration NumberO.030683
Credit linePurchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
View of two women in dresses , one checked and the opther plain white, climbing down a rope ladder from a ship into a longboat. Both women are wearing sun hats. In the boat below them two men are visble and one is reaching up to assist the woman in the checked dress to climb into the waiting longboat. Oars are visible in the longboat laid down lengthways.