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"A Chief's Daughter With attendant hunch-back", p. 46

Davis, John, 1889, Photograph
"A Chief's Daughter With attendant hunch-back", p. 46
"A Chief's Daughter With attendant hunch-back", p. 46
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Item no
20130
Title
p. 46, A Chief's Daughter With attendant hunch-back
Description
A Samoan Chief's daughter sits beside an attendant who is carrying a large fly swatter. The woman is wearing a headdress, necklace, wreath and a skirt with a ragged edge. The man is wearing a loin cloth.

The image is from the photograph album entitled 'The Cruise of the Equator' of Robert Louis Stevenson's travels around the Gilbert Islands and Samoa in 1889.
Artist / maker
Davis, John
Date
1889
Size
13.7 x 10.2 cm
Type
Location
Writers' Museum
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£5.80(inc. VAT 20%)
Digital FileElectronic File 300 dpi TIFF
£29.40(inc. VAT 20%)
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