Fijian warriors, 187- or 188-/ photographers F. & A. Dufty
Fijian warriors, 187- or 188-/ photographers F. & A. Dufty
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
187- or 188-
Call Numbers
SPF/1655
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photographic print - 10.5 x 6.4 cm - carte de visite
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : created before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Composite photograph of 49 cartes de visite portraits of Fijian royalty and chiefs
Alternative Titles
Full title
Fijian warriors, 187- or 188-/ photographers F. & A. Dufty
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Transferred from SPF/Fijians (BM), November 2010
Signature / Inscriptions
Indigenes des differents districts de la Caledonie -- in French in ink on the reverse
Attributions / Conjectures
Carte B : ""Big head" mountain men (kai colo), probably from Namosi, wearing the huge wigs of human hair (ulumate) for which they were famous. These warriors were justifiaby feared by their coastal neighbours, who retaliated by stigmatising their name to mean "bushwhackers". The men pictured here wear only malo loincloths. The seated men wear pigs'...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SPF/1655
Record Identifier
nV2qAAZn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2qAAZn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
913290
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