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
About this work
Publication/Creation
Dunedin : Burton Bros., 1 October 1899
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Lettering
Samoan Venus "after the bath" Burton Bros Dunedin N.Z. protected Oct 1 1899
Bears number: 6393
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 540961i
Ownership note
Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores