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Object type
Museum number
Oc,B130.173
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Description
Photograph (black and white); portrait of a young woman sitting on a western-style chair, with a flower in her hair, a necklace made from pig's tusks(?), a cloth skirt with plant fibre tassles, and holding a fly whisk in her left hand; Polynesia.
Gelatin silver print -
Ethnic name
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Date
- 1889-1890
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Production place
- Photographed in: Polynesia
- (Oceania,Polynesia)
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 15.7 centimetres (image)
- Width: 11.5 centimetres (image)
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
inscriptionInscription Position
back of imageInscription Content
69Inscription Comment
stamp
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Curator's comments
Related images: Oc,B42 through Oc,B55 all contain Joseph Jackson Lister donation images. The BM Pictorial Collection owns a glass negative for this image: Oc,G.N.1753.
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Location
Not on display
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Subjects
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Associated names
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Associated places
- Associated with: Polynesia
- (Oceania,Polynesia)
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1928
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Department
Africa, Oceania & the Americas
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Registration number
Oc,B130.173
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Additional IDs
- 69 (print batch number(?))
- Oc-G.N.-1753 (BM glass negative series number)
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