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Polynesia

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  • A Samoan woman with leaves in her hair.
  • A barechested, bearded Samoan man, with his arms crossed.
  • A gathering at the ceremonial drinking of kava in the Friendly Islands. Lithograph by A. Noël after L.A. de Sainson.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    A young Samoan woman, standing behind the branch of a tree.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 540983i
    Part of: Hawaiian and Samoan portraits.
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    Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly eight years in the Society and Sandwich Islands / By William Ellis.

    Ellis, William, 1794-1872. | Date: 1831
    • Books

    Researches in Polynesia and Melanesia : an account of investigations in Samoa, Tonga, the Ellice group, and the New Hebrides,in 1924, 1925. Parts V-VII, Relating to human diseases and welfare / by Patrick A. Buxton.

    Buxton, Patrick A. (Patrick Alfred), 1892-1955. | Date: 1928
    • Pictures

    A Samoan woman reclining on a bed of vegetation, dangling her foot in the water, holding a large leaf of a plant as a fan. Photograph by Burton Brothers, 1899.

    | Date: 1899 | Reference: 540961i
    Part of: Hawaiian and Samoan portraits.
    • Pictures

    Two Samoan women, seated in a domestic setting, wearing grass skirts, one with seashell necklece.

    | Date: [approximately 1900] | Reference: 540988i
    Part of: Hawaiian and Samoan portraits.
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