Clothing and dress - Samoa

Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Davis, John, -1893; Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Valentine, James, -1880

Reference: PA1-q-210

Description: Photographs of Hawai'i, Samoa and New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s and 1890s, including John Richard Morris, John Davis, F Finch and Josiah Martin. Inserted in an envelope is a hand-written list of photos, but these seem to bear no relationship to the album. The list includes places in New Zealand (none of which are in this album), Sydney, New South Wales, Brisbane, New Caledonia and Fiji (again none of which are shown in this album). The photographs of Hawai'i include Iolani Palace in Honolulu, and Queen Lili'uokalani; Samoan images show children, a waterfall at Falefa near Apia, and a group of dancers in traditional dress. Images of New Zealand include landscapes, Maori children, a hongi with two women, and a collage taken by Josiah Martin of images of Maori chiefs, waka and meeting houses at Parihaka and Ohinemutu. One photograph taken in the Bounty Islands shows mollymawk and crested penguins. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, title "New Zealand and Samoa" hand-printed in white ink; 30 x 23 cm

Date: [Between 1905 and 1936]

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951; Crown Studios (Auckland, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-445

Description: Photographs of Samoa taken between 1905 and 1936, some taken by Samoan photographer Alfred James Tattersall, many by unidentified photographers. One photograph is not related to the rest, showing two young women flautists from Highcliff School, Dunedin, winners of a Dunedin competition in 1918 (P 90) The earliest ones, taken in 1905, show the damage caused by a volcanic eruption, and show lava pouring into the sea. The rest of the images are related to Donald Alexander John Rutherford, headmaster at Ifi Ifi School (Leififi School) from 1919, becoming Superintendent of Schools from 1923 to 1936. There are many scenes which include his family, with his wife and four children (including Alexander Mathieson Rutherford). Many of the scenes show school activities, including the ceremonies surrounding the opening of the new school at Avele; the schools at Malifa, at Ifi Ifi, Poutasi, Aleipata and other districts; sports teams; school parades, including boy scouts linked with the schools; and groups of teachers, both European and Samoan. General views of Samoa include the construction of a fale, the interior of a fale; fishing; cocoa beans and their harvesting and drying; copra industry, with Solomon Island workers; and sowing cotton seed. Several images show the celebrations for George V's birthday; school breakup feasts; and the farewell flotilla of canoes when the Rutherford family left Samoa in 1936. Social activities of the Europeans in Samoa include tennis, large groups of bowlers, and garden parties at Vailima, the Governor's residence. Inscriptions: Album page - "The Rutherford Family, November 30th 1936 ... Sae-Tupe" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm

Date: 1919

Reference: PA1-o-400

Description: Presentation album of approximately 100 photographs documenting Lord Liverpool's tour in 1919 of the Cook islands (including Rarotonga, Mangaia, Mauke, Atiu and Mitiaro), Niue, Samoa (including Upolu, Savai'i and Pago Pago), and Suva. The album documents official occasions associated with the Vice-Regal visit; ceremonies, feast, dances and orhter performances, and military inspections, with the participants on both sides wearing impressive costumes. Also photographs of shipping, harbours, streets, buildings, plantations, reefs and beaches. (Wording of information from internet at http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn436337) Fuller details of photographs available on internet at http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/reels/manuscripts/PMB1281.PDF Other Titles - Pacific Islands, 1919. G.F.D. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue leather cover, decorated with ornamental lines, some ending in spirals, printed in gold on front cover; entitled `Pacific Islands, 1919. G.F.D.' printed in gold, centre of front cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: 1875

By: Messer, Adam Brunton (General), 1837?-1919

Reference: A-093-002

Description: A seated Samoan woman, her legs and arms crossed. Her clothing appears to include leaves in the shoulder area Forms a pair with another watercolour 'Samoan' (A-093-001) and by the same artist. Probably the work of Adam Brunton Messer who was in the Pacific in 1875. Compare the style of other portraits by him, some signed with his monogram Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 203 x 127 mm

By: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Homes, F, active 1880s; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-

Reference: PAColl-5426

Description: 1/2-115825 to 115869 Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1890s]

Reference: PAColl-9439

Description: Photographs of Princess Siliva'ai and Princess Fa'amu Leuatoivao, daughters of King Malietoa Laupepa and sisters of King Malietoa Tanumafili'ii, in native Samoan dress. Photographs taken ca 1890s. Sources suggest that Siliva'ai was a son of King Malietoa Laupepa and his consort Sisava'i Malupo Niuva'a. Identification of individuals in these photographs may not be accurate. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen photoprints

Date: ca 1890s - 1924

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-024

Description: Photographs of Samoa, circa 1890s to 1924, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of the commissioners to Samoa in 1900, the native guard of Mulinu'u, Samoan war canoes, the raising of the German flag in 1900, raising of the British flag and deportation of Germans in 1914, the British, American and New Zealand military, Rev Clarke and his staff of native pastors, street scenes in Apia, and the Faipule fono in 1924. Quantity: 32 b&w original photographic print(s).

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: PA7-01-15

Description: Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Suega, a village belle Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: Jun 1924 - Sep 1924

From: Williams, Eddy, b 1892: Photograph albums of American Samoa and (Western) Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-1910

Description: Album of Samoan photographs taken mainly at Tutuila Island and Ta'u, American Samoa, but also includes images from Upolo, Samoa, taken and compiled by Eddy Williams, a pharmacist who served with the US Navy 1914-1935. Williams was stationed at the American naval station in Pago Pago Harbour on Tutuila from June to September 1924. Images show Tutuila and Ta'u island and its people, including landscapes, landmarks, coastal views and buildings. Images of Samoan people wearing traditional garments and adornments, and United States Navy personnel in uniform. Portraiture ranges from formal group portraits to social snapshots, with others showing activities such as the manual processing of coconuts. Images of children and young adults posing for the camera. Also includes images of tatooing and the tools used. Other images show ships and canoes. Many of the photographs include no caption information. The following is a selection of captions from the album: - 'Flower Pot, Tutuila, Samoa' - known locally as Fatu ma Futi - a rock at the entrance to Pago Pago Harbour in American Samoa. - 'Windblown coconut trees on Pago Pago Bay showing Rainmaker in the distance' - the Rainmaker Mountain, also known as North Pioa Mountain. - 'Entrance to Pago Pago' - 'A Fale or native house in the village of Pango Pango [Pago Pago] on Tutuila' - 'An extra large breadfruit tree' - 'A native house on the beach at Tau' - 'A cluster of papaias [papayas] which grows in Siufaga' - 'Vaitupu, the last queen of Manua. The king died in 1908. She is now the wife of our village pastor' - This is in reference to Tui Manu'a Elisala, who died in 1909. - 'Bandmaster Indenor with the native Fida band' - in reference to the Fita Fita military band - 'A wedding feast with guests all seated' - 'Son of Tufele and bride Matiutuse a girl of Fagalogo' - 'Tulifua an old tooloo or talking chief of the village of Luma on Tau' Other caption information is fragmentary and in many instances obscured by photographic prints mounted over caption labels. Originally housed in custom-made clamshell box now at PA1-o-1921. Arrangement: Single loose photographic print removed from album - now at PAColl-10382 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album containing 91 silver gelatin photographic prints (89 mounted, 2 loose), on 50 loose album leaves.

Date: Jun 1924 - Sep 1924

From: Williams, Eddy, b 1892: Photograph albums of American Samoa and (Western) Samoa

Reference: PA1-o-1909

Description: Album of photographs of American Samoa and Samoa, taken and compiled by Eddy Williams, a pharmacist who served with the United States Navy 1914-1935. Williams was stationed at the American naval station in Pago Pago Harbour on Tutuila from June to September 1924. The broad range of images in this collection provide a detailed documentation of Tutuila Island and other Samoan islands in the early 1920s, however the complete lack of captions in this album has resulted in some of the subject matter remaining unidentified. Images show Tutuila naval station, the islands, European and indigenous people. The collection includes photographic documentation of the following: - The built environment - Fale, government administrative buildings, military barracks, school buildings, and dwellings. - Landscapes - including coastal views, mountains, seascapes and natural features, such as the Alofaaga Blowhole. - Ships and canoes - including the United States naval cargo and passenger vessel USAT 'Buford', which visited the South Seas in 1924. Also traditional Samoan canoes used for fishing and racing (Fautasi racing). - Samoan people - both in traditional dress, wearing customary adornments and ceremonial attire, and in uniform for military drill and parades. - European civilians and naval personnel in both formal and informal settings, including images of visiting officials. - Samoan children - both individuals and groups, including large group of pupils of The Public School Manu'a. - Medical and pharmacy - including interior views of naval pharmacy and medical facilities, including medical and nursing staff in uniform. - From Samoa are images of the tomb of Robert Louis Stevenson. - United States naval personnel include members of the crew of the USS 'Ontario'. - Newsclipping from an illustrated journal shows a photographic portrait of a young Samoan female subject with the caption 'Underneath the South Sea moon, famed by song writers, reign beaded beauties like this. She'd win any beauty contest among the 8,000 citizens of American Samoa'. Originally housed in custom-made clamshell box now at PA1-o-1921. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album (labelled: 'Badger Albums - The Heinn Company - The Badger Line - Loose leaf devices'), with silver gelatin photoprints mounted on 48 loose album leaves; illustrated newspaper clipping.

Date: 1976 - 1982

Reference: Eph-C-SAMOA-1970/1999-01

Description: Poster lists the events of the festival including the official opening, art display, church service, public speaking events (Samoan, and English), play and poetry reading, and a final ball. Illustrations at the top corners show a man standing in traditional dress, and a seated figure with ornate headdress beside a kava bowl. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 355 x 355 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2218 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2218 and PAColl-10074..

Date: 1916-1964

From: Sims family: Collection

By: Clifford, Henry Herbert, 1872-1949

Reference: PA1-o-1958

Description: Photograph album with 51 black and white, and one colour photographic print, depicting people and places, including many in the Pacific. Most of the photographers are not identified, but it is likely that many would have been taken by Thomas Sims, while others are postcard-backed commercial prints. Many of the photographs are likely to be dated from a visit by Sims to the Pacific in 1916, and later. Photographs include: - Family and group portraits in studio settings, domestic interior settings, and outdoor settings - Building in Suva on Macarthur Street with palms in foreground - Church interiors and exteriors - Seascape with moored boats and sunlight breaking through clouds - Portrait of a child seated on a natural swing consisting of a vine - Interior with domestic accessories, including porcelain, cutlery, silverware, and a clock - Group portrait of four female subjects in the Pacific holding floral arrangements - Large thatched building in the Pacific with male subject standing in garden - View of harbour with large steamer (most likely the SS 'Talune') and smaller vessels at anchor - View over an urban area with some identifiable buildings, including "Bennett & Sutton's" and "N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd" - Portrait of four New Zealand Expeditionary Force military personnel in uniform bearings arms, standing outside building in Samoa - Street scenes with military parades including mounted officers in uniform and spectators observing from rooftops - Various depictions of indiginous peoples of the Pacific Region in traditional attire - Various portraits and family group portraits, including portrait of a young female subject with the blindstamped studio imprint "Clifford Christchurch". - Also includes one colour photographic print depicting a couple, dated August 1964. Quantity: 1 album(s) Containing 52 photographic prints. Physical Description: Green photograph album with 30 leaves bound in cloth with leather spine, with photographic prints mounted and two loose prints laid in (some pages disbound and final 12 leaves blank).

Date: Oct 1899

Reference: PA7-38-02

Description: Portrait of an unidentified young Samoan high chief wearing an elaborate headdress Other - During the 1890s Burton Brothers purchased negatives from other photographers to add to their catalogue. In the catalogue record books the manuscript note "Henderson's lot" appears beside Nos 6350-6404, taken in Samoa in 1899. [Source: Jackson, Alan. Burton Bros and Muir & Moodie of Dunedin; their photographs and postcards. Howick, NZ, 1985] Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 6378 - A Samoan High Chief. Burton Bros. Protected Oct [18]99 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 20 x 14.8 cm on mount 29.2 x 22.8 cm

Date: Between 1890 and 1895

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939

Reference: PA1-o-546

Description: Album created by Sir Thomas Berry Cusack Smith. Scenes in England include two large houses "Gaynes Park", and "High Beech". Scenes of life in Samoa when Cusack Smith was British Consul there, some of which were taken by photographer Thomas Andrew; portraits of family members; people associated with the consulate, including William Blacklock (American Vice Consul-General), Herr Biermann (German consul). Other portraits include Agnes Bagot, Mary Hamilton, Mata'afa, A. Warren, Teo, and Arthur Harford. There are several photographs of Winifred Cusack-Smith, and of her grave after she died of a fever in 1894. Other images show tattooists at work; Robert Louis Stevenson's birthday party at Vailima (circa 1893); pupils and staff of Mrs Bell's School; the polo team from the ship Curacoa; the British Consulate building, and that of the American consul. Other Titles - British Consulate, Samoa Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon cover with black spine and corners, gold lettering "British Consulate, Samoa", 25 x 32 cm

Date: 1886 - 1891

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Bowker, H W, active 1880s; Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929; Cutchey, C C, active 1890s; Samuells, W L (Colonel), active 1890

Reference: PA1-o-543

Description: Photographs taken in the district around Loughton (Essex, England), including wedding scenes of the marriage of Thomas Berry Cusack Smith and Winifred (nee Maitland) in 1896, and later, scenes with their young daughter Maia Wilhemina Cusack Smith. The latter part of the album includes images of life and events in colonial Samoa during the time T B Cusack Smith was posted there as British consul, with views of the consulate, general views of Samoa, and portraits of several Samoan dignitaries. Several scenes show various performers at the British consulate in a farce by John Maddison Morton. As well, one photograph shows the unveiling of a statue of Queen Victoria at the Legislative Council Buildings in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) in July 1890. At the end of the album there are a number of images of Cambridge and Dresden, circa 1889. Many of the photographs were taken by Thomas Berry Cusack Smith, but some are identified as being taken by professional photographer C C Cutchey (Loughton), and by friends in Samoa, H W Bowker, and Colonel W L Samuells. Inscriptions: Album page - "Winifred Cusack-Smith. Easter 1889. The Shaws" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue album, 25 x 29.5 cm

Date: [1920s]

From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Armstrong, Charles Clark, -1946

Reference: PA1-o-447

Description: Photographs of Samoa, taken by unidentified photographers, most with no description. Identification for many of them from comparison with Rutherford albums 1 & 2 (PA1-o-445, PA1-o-446). One photograph, taken circa 1890s, taken in Dunedin by Armstrong Photographers, shows the Riddell family with Bessie and James Mathieson (grandparents of Donald Alexander John Rutherford?) Samoan scenes include damage caused by a hurricane in 1925; celebrations for Lord and Lady Bledisloe, with General Herbert Hart and his wife, and George Frederick Hufnagel-Betham. Schools shown include the London Missionary Society Boys' High School at Malua, Ifi Ifi School, Vaipouli School, the Apia Technical School, Avele School and Malifa School. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm

Date: 1886 - 1890

From: Lister, Joseph Jackson 1857-1927 :[Lister album] 1886-1890 [Watercolours by Joseph, and possibly Isabella and Gulielma Lister]

Reference: E-394-f-062-2

Description: The bare head and shoulders of a seated Samoan man, with the trunks of coconut palms behind himl. He has a fan over one arm. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 105 x 99 mm

Date: Between 1890 and 1899

From: Cusack-Smith, Thomas Berry (Sir), 1859-1929 :Photographs of Samoa

By: Davis, John, -1893

Reference: PA1-o-547

Description: Collection of photographs taken during the time Sir Thomas Berry Cusack Smith was British Consul in Samoa. Scenes of Samoan life, including groups of Samoans; one group of men and women holding traditional weapons; three women preparing kava; views of the British Consulate building in Apia; scenic views of coconut palms, taro plantations, and waterfalls; traditional fale (Samoan houses), and canoes; one view of a cemetery, and one scene of sailors on board the USS Mohican. Some of the photographs were taken by J. Davis, but in most cases the photographer is unidentified (possibly Cusack Smith himself). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark grey album, with black spine and corners, 25 x 31 cm

Date: ca1880s-1890s

From: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922 :Maori and Polynesian photographs

By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Davis, John, -1893; Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914; A & W (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-223

Description: Compiled by S Percy Smith. Album includes 42 pages of photographs of Samoan scenery, towns, buildings, and portraits. Photographers represented include Burton Brothers, Thomas Andrew, J Davis, and A & W. As well as Samoa, this album includes photographs of men and one woman in the Solomon Islands; their ceremonial dress, weapons, and a house with an ornately woven patterned wall, and thatched roof. The last two photographs show men with weapons, wearing masks. Several photographs show images relating to Robert Louis Stevenson. One (on page 32) shows "R L Stevenson & party". Stevenson and his wife with European and Samoan men and women are seen standing at the back of a large group on the steps of the verandah at Vailima. The verandah is draped with fern leaves. The group seated in front on the stairs includes Samoan men, mostly holding axes, and a group of sailors holding musical instruments. Other scenes relating to Stevenson show his house (Vailima), and his tomb on Mount Vaea. Inscriptions: Album page - "From Mr S. Percy Smith" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, leather corners and spine; 37 x 28 cm

Date: 1875

By: Messer, Adam Brunton (General), 1837?-1919

Reference: A-093-001

Description: A standing portrait of a Samoan man with feathers in his hair. He has his arms crossed Forms a pair with [Samoan woman] A-092-002, and by the same artist, probably Adam Brunton Messer, who was in the Pacific in 1875. Compare other portraits by Messer, some signed with his monogram Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Samoan [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 220 x 80 mm