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Samoan woman wearing headdress, studio portrait
Samoan woman wearing headdress, studio portrait
Object Number 2004.29.24757
Display Title Samoan woman wearing headdress, studio portrait
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Samoa / Apia / (verso) Davis photo, Apia / Samoa / Gift of W. McM. Woodworth. May 18, 1899
Subject
  • Posed
  • Woman
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1912
Culture
  • Samoan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa / Upolu / <City> / Apia
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.3675 × 13.335 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Museum Collection
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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