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Studio portrait of a young Fijian woman with bare breasts, wearing a necklace of shell or bone and a headdress made of plants
Studio portrait of a young Fijian woman with bare breasts, wearing a necklace of shell or bone and a headdress made of plants
Object Number 36-109-70/10868.1.7
Display Title Studio portrait of a young Fijian woman with bare breasts, wearing a necklace of shell or bone and a headdress made of plants
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Fiji Islands, Melanesia, Fijian Girl, 36-109, Gift of C.H. Hawes
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1913
Culture
  • Fijian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 × 19.5 cm (5 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. Charles Henry Hawes

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