A Samoan woman posing barechested.
- Date:
- [approximately 1900]
- Reference:
- 540981i
- Part of:
- Hawaiian and Samoan portraits.
- Pictures
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced September 2022: A seated Samoan woman, wearing a string of teeth (?) around her neck. Photograph, ca.1900.
Publication/Creation
[approximately 1900]
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint
Contributors
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 540981i
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.
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores