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Portrait of a girl
Object Number 2004.29.22166
Display Title Portrait of a girl
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Ellick Group / (Rotumah or / Ratomah) / Rotamah / Considered part of Fiji Islands / Rotuma / [verso] Ratomah girls (Waters photo. - Fiji)"
Department Photographic
Date 1855-1920
Artist John W. Waters
Culture
  • Fijian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Oceania / Tuvalu / <State> / Rotumah Island
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.685 × 13.335 cm (7 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)

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