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Three young women wearing grass skirts
Three young women wearing grass skirts
Object Number 2004.29.24798
Display Title Three young women wearing grass skirts
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Samoa / Apia / Photographie von G. Riemer, Marine-Zahlmeister, S.M.S. "Hertha". / Verlag von J. F. Stiehm, Berlin N. 1878. / 256. Samoa-Inseln. Mädchen im Hauscostüm aus Gras gefertigt. [Girls in house costume made from grass]
Subject
  • People
Department Photographic
Artist Gustav Adolf Riemer
Culture
  • Samoan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa / Upolu / <City> / Apia
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 8.89 cm (3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Museum Collection

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