glass negative
- Museum number
- Oc,G.N.1528
- Description
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Glass negative (black and white); a group of men and women, wearing tops made of plant material and wraps made of bark cloth, performing a laka laka dance in front of a crowd of people, the crowd are seated on the ground and are wearing western-style clothing; trees are in the background; Tonga.
Photographic process
- Production date
- 1889-1890
- Dimensions
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Height: 12 centimetres
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Width: 16.40 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Related images: Oc,B42 through Oc,B55 all contain Joseph Jackson Lister donation images.
Related images: Oc,B-52-13, Oc,B50.25 and Oc,B130.77 depict the same scene.
Inscription: St Varnoo(?) is not located on a world map.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Digital copy: saturation and levels adjusted
- Acquisition date
- 1928
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,G.N.1528
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 3/32 (Old BM Lister glass negative series number)
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Miscellaneous number: GN 622 (Old BM glass negative number)