photographic print(black and white);
album
- Museum number
- Oc,A66.313
- Title
- Series: J M Booth
- Description
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Photograph (black and white) from an album; a group of men in ceremonial dress outdoors performing a meke i wesi (spear dance); they wear garlands and armbands made of plant material, and plant material skirts, some wear headgear, bands made of plant material; they all hold wooden spears; trees, thatch-constructed bure (houses) and hills in the background; Beqa, Fiji.
Gelatin silver print
- Production date
- 1930s
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.50 centimetres (image)
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Height: 26.60 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 11.10 centimetres (image)
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Width: 36.60 centimetres (mount)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Related images: Oc,A66.301 through 316 are all depictions of various Meke (dances) on Beqa.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,A66.313
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 82 (album page number)