Four Samoan men, Samoa

Four Samoan men, Samoa
Date
November 1894
Reference
PA1-o-548-48
Description

Four uniformed Samoan employees of Her Britannic Majesty's (HBM) High Commissioner's Court For the Western Pacific. The men wear turbans, lava lava, and white short sleaved shirts emblazened with "V R" and a crown. Above then on the wall of a building, a notice board proclaims the commissioners court, and also informs that the building is the office of HM Deputy Commissioner for Samoa and Tokelau. Photographed by an unknown photographer in November 1894.

Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Puatolu. Faatarssi. Samau. Faalata. November 1894

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Albumen print, 19.5 x 13.5 cm

Access restrictions
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Part of
Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa / Cusack Smith album 7
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Group portraits, Albumen print, 19.5 x 13.5 cm
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