photographic print(black and white)
- Museum number
- Oc,B50.13
- Description
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Photograph (black and white); portrait of two men sitting on the steps in front of the doorway of a building constructed of wood; they both wear cloth shirts and trousers; Niue, Polynesia.
Albumen print
- Production date
- 1889-1890
- Dimensions
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Height: 10.30 centimetres (image)
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Height: 19 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 15.20 centimetres (image)
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Width: 23.40 centimetres (mount)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Related images: Oc,B42 through Oc,B55 all contain Joseph Jackson Lister donation images. The glass negative for this image exists in the BM Pictorial Collection: Oc,G.N.1518. Oc,B43.17, Oc,B47.20, Oc,B50.13, Oc,B52.28, Oc,B55.22, Oc,B55.23, Oc,B130.211, Oc,B130.212, Oc,B130.229, Oc,B130.230 all depict the same location, Niue, and some depict the same men.
Ethnic group: inscription on front of envelope of glass negative, states that the men in this image are Tongan. No other information to confirm this on the prints.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- acid burn on back of mount from print mounted on the front; spotting all over print, likely due to original chemical processing.
- Acquisition date
- 1928
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,B50.13
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 6-4 (photographic series number)
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Miscellaneous number: G.N. 612 (old glass negative number)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc-G.N.-1518 (BM glass negative number)