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Samoan woman, studio portrait
Object Number 2004.29.24686
Display Title Samoan woman, studio portrait
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Samoa / Types of Samoan people - Apia - Upola - Samoa / Gift of Capt. Irwin Moore - U.S.N. 1913 / 'These must have been taken about 1885' C.C.W.
Subject
  • Woman
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1885
Culture
  • Samoan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 5.3975 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Museum Collection
Provenance
Donor Donated by Capt. William Irwin Moore

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