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Object Number
2004.29.22171
Display Title
Group of people gathered with weapons for war dance
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Ellice Group [crossed out] / considered part of Fiji Islands / Rotamah / Rotuma / Ratomah (Ellice Group)"; Written on photograph: War Dance. Rotomah. 74. / Kerry Photo, Sydney.
Department
Photographic
Date
1890-1917
Artist
Kerry Photo of Sydney
Culture
- Fijian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Oceania / Tuvalu / <State> / Rotumah Island
Oceania / Tuvalu / <State> / Rotumah Island
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 × 15.24 cm (4 × 6 in.)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.22172 | People in a canoe |
Fiji
Rotumah Island | ||
| 2004.29.22169 | War dance |
Rotumah Island
Fiji | ||
| 2004.29.22170 | People on shore with palms |
Rotumah Island
Fiji | ||
| 2004.29.22273 | Group of people outside, some with weapons |
New Caledonia
| ||
| 2004.29.22166 | Portrait of a girl |
Rotumah Island
Fiji | ||
| 2004.29.22167 | Three women sitting |
Rotumah Island
Fiji | ||
| 2004.29.22168 | Kava making |
Rotumah Island
Fiji | ||
| 2004.29.22274 | Group of people outside with weapons, including a few Western men |
New Caledonia
| ||
| 2004.29.22165 | Woman leaning against a tree |
Rotumah Island
Fiji | ||
| 2004.29.22287 | Studio staged portrait of man with weapon |
New Caledonia
| ||
| 2004.29.23596 | Group of boys |
Solomon islands
| ||
| 2004.29.23414 | Men and children with war canoes |
Florida
|