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Object Number 36-109-70/10868.1.20
Display Title Kava making
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Samoan Islands / Polynesia / Kava making / Gift of C. H. Hawes
Subject
  • Food
  • People
  • Village
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1913
Culture
  • Samoan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 14.2875 × 19.05 cm (5 5/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Dr. C. H. Hawes, 1936
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. Charles Henry Hawes

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Fijians sitting outside making kava
36-109-70/10868.1.33 Fijians sitting outside making kava
Fiji
People seated inside long house
36-109-70/10868.1.24 People seated inside long house
Samoa
Studio portrait of two women making kava
2004.29.21898 Studio portrait of two women making kava
Suva
Kava making by Samoan women in Fiji
2004.29.24662 Kava making by Samoan women in Fiji
Fiji
Kava making
2004.29.22168 Kava making
Fiji
Rotumah Island
Samoan men in village
36-109-70/10868.1.19 Samoan men in village
Samoa
Samoan women dancing
36-109-70/10868.1.22 Samoan women dancing
Samoa
Samoan girls playing a card game, studio portrait
36-109-70/10868.1.21 Samoan girls playing a card game, studio portrait
Samoa
Samoan women, posed outside of long house
36-109-70/10868.1.23 Samoan women, posed outside of long house
Samoa
Princess Faamu in state dress
2004.29.24638 Princess Faamu in state dress
Samoa
Fijians sitting outside making kava
2004.29.21868 Fijians sitting outside making kava
Fiji
"Making Kava" - a woman and two men seated on mat, woman holds kava root and men hold bowls
2004.29.24665 "Making Kava" - a woman and two men seated on mat, woman holds kava root and men hold bowls
Samoa