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Object Number 2004.29.21898
Display Title Studio portrait of two women making kava
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Samoa [crossed out] / Fiji / Girls making Kava in Fiji. Written on reverse of board: Samoan girls making Kava in Fiji (Waters photo. Suva)
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1920
Artist John W. Waters
Culture
  • Samoan
  • Fijian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji / <State> / <County> / Suva
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 × 13.335 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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