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Object Number
2005.9
Display Title
Photographic materials
Descriptions
Object Description
Two boxes of photographic materials, one folio of photographs, two photo albums; Ceylon, Japan, Australia: Film Study Collection, B/W prints glued to cardboard or paper: Samoa: Bread fruit tree; banana palm; coast scenes; water chute; delta; coconut plantation; village scenes; bush scene, New Hebrides; girls; girls with bark cloth; girls making wreaths; girl with parrot, Panga Panga; bathing; making lava lava from willow bark; kava making; man marking woman; Suray(?) Dance. Ritual-feasting. Women, Roman Catholic converts; woman, Church of England; princess; Fijian warrior; Solomon Islander; cricket team of Samoan girls. On the River Yarra, near Heathcote, Victoria; Heathcote; Bathing Lake; Apia; Fresh Water Lake. German Warship Illis, thrown on reef during[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Classification
- Documentary
Department
Photographic
Date
1860-1999
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe
/
Italy
Oceania / Australia
Europe / Holland
Africa / South Africa
Oceania / New Zealand
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Oceania / Malaysia
Oceania / Samoa
Oceania / Australia
Europe / Holland
Africa / South Africa
Oceania / New Zealand
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Oceania / Malaysia
Oceania / Samoa
Credit Line
Gift of The Film Study Center, Harvard University
Provenance
Owner
Film Study Center, Harvard University
(6/28/05)
Donor
Film Study Center, Harvard University
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