IMAGE
Spear meke
- Date
- 1881
- By
- Ansdell, Gerrard, 1853-1936
- Reference
- PAColl-5530-33
- Description
Formal photograph of a group of traditionally dressed Fijian men in three lines grasping their spears and leaning forward on their war clubs. Most are wearing turban like head gear. Behind them are densely thatched village buildings, and two groups of people sitting watching from a distance.
Meke is a Fijian dance. Used as a verb it means to perform a dance. There are meke for different occasions such as Meke-ni-valu, dance before war.
Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Highlands of Fiji :Copy Negatives from photographs by Gerrard Ansdell
- Format
- 1 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives
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